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Medical Xpress / Brain stimulation may reduce cannabis addiction in people with multiple sclerosis
A noninvasive device that delivers weak electrical currents to the brain may help those with multiple sclerosis cut back on excessive cannabis use, a new NYU Langone Health study of women with the condition shows.
Medical Xpress / The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies.
Medical Xpress / Five-patient lupus CAR T-cell feasibility test claims positive short-term results
Researchers at the First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China claim that an in vivo CD8 T-cell-targeted lipid nanoparticle carrying CD19 CAR mRNA (HN2301) generated transient CAR T cells ...
Medical Xpress / Health care workers turn to AI to reduce electronic paperwork burnout
A Yale School of Medicine-led research group, working with six US health systems, reports an association between a single ambient AI scribe platform and lower short-term burnout among ambulatory clinicians.
Medical Xpress / Epigenetic shifts link maternal infection during pregnancy to higher risk of offspring developing schizophrenia
The health of mothers during pregnancy has long been known to play a role in the lifelong mental and physical health of offspring. Recent studies have found that contracting an infection during pregnancy can increase the ...
Medical Xpress / Social threat perceptions in youth linked to altered brain connectivity
Researchers at UCL Institute of Education, King's College London, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and UCLA report that perceived social threats in early adolescence are associated with altered connectivity in default ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists reverse Alzheimer's in mice using nanoparticles
A research team co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and West China Hospital Sichuan University (WCHSU), working with partners in the UK, has demonstrated a nanotechnology strategy that reverses ...
Medical Xpress / 'Playing to your strengths' improves well-being in adult ADHD, new research shows
Adults with ADHD who recognize and regularly use their personal strengths report better well-being, improved quality of life and fewer mental health difficulties, according to a new international study.
Medical Xpress / Seeing double: Visual anagrams that rotate open doors for brain research
New artificial intelligence-generated images that appear to be one thing, but something else entirely when rotated, are helping scientists test the human mind.
Medical Xpress / What are regulatory T-cells? Nobel-winning science explained
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop the body's immune system from attacking itself.
Medical Xpress / Learning a foreign language—before you're born
Can your brain attune itself to a foreign language before you're born? A UdeM-led team of neuropsychology researchers has found that it can. A few weeks of prenatal exposure to a new language is enough to rewire the language ...
Medical Xpress / Antibody discovered that blocks almost all known HIV variants in neutralization assays
An international research team led by the University of Cologne has discovered an antibody that could advance the fight against HIV. The newly identified antibody 04_A06 proved to be particularly effective in laboratory tests. ...
