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Medical Xpress / Quantifying the intensity of emotional response to sound, images and touch through skin conductance
When we listen to a moving piece of music or feel the gentle pulse of a haptic vibration, our bodies react before we consciously register the feeling. The heart may quicken and palms may sweat, resulting in subtle electrical ...
Medical Xpress / Mechanics of mucus droplets explain swift spread of infections to lungs
One of the biggest concerns with upper respiratory tract infections, like the common cold or a nasal infection, is the potential for more serious deep lung secondary infections, like pneumonia. If these secondary infections ...
Medical Xpress / Gut bacterium may sabotage liver cancer immunotherapy, study suggests
A research team led by the Department of Clinical Oncology, Center of Cancer Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has identified a critical factor contributing ...
Medical Xpress / Typhoid conjugate vaccine demonstrates strong safety and immunogenicity in Phase III trial
Phase III results from a clinical trial of a typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), EuTYPH-C Inj. Multi-dose, demonstrate that it is safe and immunogenic in typhoid-endemic populations in sub-Saharan Africa. EuTYPH-C Inj. Multi-dose ...
Medical Xpress / Why type 1 diabetes is more aggressive in young children
Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding why type 1 diabetes is more aggressive in young children, offering the clearest explanation to date of why the condition is particularly difficult to manage when ...
Medical Xpress / Inventory assesses the risky choices of modern life
Quitting a job. Buying a house. Everyone at some point in their lives will make a risky choice that may have a cascading effect on their life path. However, with increasing globalization and technological advancements, choices ...
Medical Xpress / Machine learning predicts drug response for personalized colorectal cancer treatment
A Singaporean research team has developed CAN-Scan (short for Cancer Scan), a next-generation precision oncology platform designed to "scan" the molecular features of each patient's cancer. Published in Cell Reports Medicine, ...
Medical Xpress / Family history key to predicting antidepressant response
A new study from Queen Mary University of London shows that a family's experience with certain medicines could help doctors predict how future generations will respond to the same drugs.
Medical Xpress / During a heart attack, immediate stenting of other arteries isn't always necessary
A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other coronary arteries also appear to be narrowed, it is safe to wait and treat those later. This approach ...
Medical Xpress / Childhood experiences may hold the key to adult relationship patterns
In the field of psychology, attachment theory proposes that interpersonal experiences early in life should shape how people think, feel and behave in their close relationships in adulthood.
Medical Xpress / New pill cuts 'bad' cholesterol by 60%, potentially replacing injections
A new pill from Merck could change how millions of people treat high cholesterol and help prevent heart attacks and strokes without the need for injections.
Medical Xpress / First death linked to 'meat allergy' spread by ticks
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified the first death caused by what is commonly called the "meat allergy" being spread by ticks.
