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Medical Xpress / Routine coastal flooding could become deadly for older adults
Routine high-tide flooding in coastal communities could lead to thousands of deaths among older adults by the end of the century, according to a new study co-authored by Florida State University researcher Mathew Hauer. Published ...
Medical Xpress / Simple blood test could help spot dementia risk earlier by combining aging and genetic clues
Having a biological age older than chronological age is associated with a greater likelihood of developing dementia, a new study has shown. By combining measures of biological aging and genetic risk, researchers have identified ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic risk of schizophrenia manifests in early adolescence, study shows
Research has found that children with higher genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia show decreases in frontal cortical surface area during early adolescence, in contrast to the regional expansion observed in children with ...
Medical Xpress / Everyday air pollution linked to poorer brain function, study finds
The air pollution we breathe daily could be harming more than just our lungs and hearts. New research from McMaster University suggests that fine particles from traffic, industry, and wildfire smoke are linked to worse cognitive ...
Medical Xpress / Red meat is evolution's double-edged sword, argue researchers
A new interdisciplinary review published in The Quarterly Review of Biology argues that red meat, once an essential component of human evolution, has become a significant threat to human health and planetary sustainability. ...
Medical Xpress / Wearable sweat sensor monitors multiple biomarkers continuously for 21 days
University of California, Irvine researchers have invented a wearable, wireless, battery-free, bioelectronic sensor to monitor users' health by analyzing molecular biomarkers in human sweat. The device is called the In-Situ ...
Medical Xpress / Most weight loss achieved using injectable obesity drugs can be maintained by switching to orforglipron, study shows
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in Nature Medicine shows that most weight loss achieved using the injectable obesity drugs tirzepatide or ...
Medical Xpress / Even at low concentrations, fine particle pollution is tied to increased hospitalizations for kidney disease
A study published in the journal Scientific Reports has shown a strong correlation between the concentration of particulate matter in the air of São Paulo, Brazil—primarily emitted by vehicle fuel combustion—and kidney disease. ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic link between cannabis use and psychosis could help to identify those most at risk
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has highlighted the distinct and shared molecular pathways linking cannabis use disorder (CUD) and psychosis, offering ...
Medical Xpress / Future cancer therapy could use immunity to clean up damaged DNA by modulating AUF1
Researchers have identified a pathway that triggers an immune response in cells with defective DNA repair. In particular, the authors of a new paper demonstrated how the downregulation of AUF1 impairs DNA repair, followed ...
Medical Xpress / Mouth stem cells could help beat brain cancer defenses
Stem cells found in the lining of the mouth could help make the most aggressive form of brain cancer easier to treat, according to new research from the University of Reading. The stem cells release a mixture of proteins ...
Medical Xpress / How one drug could lower dangerous bleeding in high-risk cesarean births
Giving tranexamic acid to women with placenta previa (when the placenta covers the cervical opening) undergoing cesarean birth leads to a significant yet modest reduction in severe bleeding after delivery with no evidence ...
