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Medical Xpress / Dopamine-targeting treatments show only modest benefits for anhedonia, prompting calls for new research approaches

Dopamine has long been considered central to understanding anhedonia—the loss of pleasure, interest and motivation that is a common feature of depression and other mental health conditions. However, a new international expert ...

Sep 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Clinical trials show significant reduction in COPD flare-ups with investigational therapy

Two international clinical trials led in part by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that the investigational biologic therapy tozorakimab significantly reduced chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Sep 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Commonly used cancer drugs shown to boost MRSA antibiotics

Scientists at University of Galway have uncovered a link between commonly used anticancer drugs and antibiotics that could offer a new approach to tackling superbug infections. The research team set out to find new ways to ...

Sep 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Exploring why strep throat can linger, even after treatment with antibiotics

Streptococcal sore throat—strep throat for short—is one of the nastier maladies of childhood, causing fever, swollen tonsils and the namesake sore throat. The bacterial infection can linger even after treatment, turning otherwise ...

Sep 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Severe asthma linked to changes in brain structure

People living with a severe form of asthma show subtle differences in the structure of their brains compared with people whose asthma is well controlled, according to new research presented at the European Respiratory Society ...

Sep 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Mouse study shows aging muscle leaves a molecular fingerprint in its supporting matrix

Aging is often described through what we can see and feel: weaker muscles, reduced mobility and slower recovery. But behind these visible changes are deeper biological shifts in cells, tissues and the molecular structures ...

Sep 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / A single IV treatment retrains immune cells to fight autoimmune diseases in early trial

CAR T-cell therapy is an immune-reprogramming procedure that turns a patient's own immune cells into cancer-fighting specialists. The entire process is complex, but researchers have now found a faster way to achieve similar ...

Sep 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Understudied gut fungus may help repair radiation-damaged DNA and limit intestinal injury

The gut microbiome has been a popular topic for a while now, but the focus is usually on good bacteria. A new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that we may want to pay ...

Sep 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / How the mouse brain learns from a single experience

Sometimes, even a single experience can be highly impactful, prompting humans and other animals to change their behavior or influencing their future choices. The formation of influential memories from a single, brief experience ...

Sep 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Newly discovered stem cell reveals potential drug target for spinal stenosis

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery have discovered the unspecialized stem cells that give rise to the body's tendons and ligaments, the tissues connecting muscles and bones.

Sep 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / How the heart, lungs and brain work together to shape experience

People speak of "butterflies in the stomach," a "racing heart," being "choked up" or needing to "catch breath." Language routinely treats emotion and thought as though they inhabit the body. But why are events of the mind ...

Sep 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Experimental cancer drug could help millions of women battling osteoporosis and midlife weight gain

An experimental cancer drug could stop osteoporosis and help women stay slim after menopause, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The study, published in npj Drug Discovery, reveals that a compound ...

Sep 7, 2026