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Medical Xpress / Elective C-sections linked to lower childhood cortisol

For years, researchers have documented health differences between babies born vaginally versus by cesarean section—work that revealed the importance of exposure to the vaginal microbiome during birth. But a new Dartmouth-led ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medical Xpress / Injectable breast 'implant' offers alternative to traditional surgeries

Removing part or all of the breast during breast cancer treatment is a potential outcome for some people. Reconstructive surgical procedures often involve prosthetic implants or transplanted tissue from elsewhere in the body. ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Surgery
Medical Xpress / Ovarian cancer alters the abdominal cavity to aid tumor spread, study reveals

Ovarian cancer often goes undetected for a long time. In seven out of 10 patients, the tumor has already formed secondary tumors in the abdominal cavity at the time of diagnosis. These metastases are particularly common in ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Hot flash drug shows added anti-cancer effect in breast cancer treatment

A drug mimicking the hormone progesterone has anti-cancer activity when used together with conventional anti-estrogen treatment for women with breast cancer, a new Cambridge-led trial has found.

Jan 5, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / CRISPR screen uncovers hundreds of genes required for brain development

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In a new study published today in Nature Neuroscience, researchers led by Prof. Sagiv Shifman from ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Enzyme replacement therapy offers hope for ultra-rare Hunter syndrome

Ongoing clinical research at UNC could lead to a first-of-its-kind enzyme replacement therapy for Hunter syndrome, an ultra-rare disorder that causes progressive multisystem disease and neurologic decline.

Jan 5, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Targeting aberrant learning may improve Parkinson's treatment

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that targeting neuronal signaling controlling aberrant learning in the striatum may improve the efficacy of a first-line therapy for Parkinson's disease and has the potential ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Food insecurity tied to increased long COVID risk in kids

New research led by Mass General Brigham investigators suggests that long COVID is more prevalent in school-aged children and adolescents who experience economic instability and adverse social conditions. The multi-center, ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Neuroscientists devise formulas to measure multilingualism

More than half of the world's population speaks more than one language—but there is no consistent method for defining "bilingual" or "multilingual." This makes it difficult to accurately assess proficiency across multiple ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Medications may help the aging brain cope with surgery and memory impairment

Simple pharmaceutical interventions could help older brains cope with memory impairment and recovery after surgery, new studies in mice suggest.

Jan 5, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Molecular mechanism reveals how viral infection triggers aggressive leukemia

Researchers at Kumamoto University have uncovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism by which human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1) drives the development of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL), one of the most ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Back pain is linked to worse sleep years later in men over 65

About half of older men suffer from sleep problems, back pain or both, according to Soomi Lee, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State. Lee recently led a study to investigate whether one ...