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Medical Xpress / The neurobiology of why some brains cannot move on from loss

For most people, the intense ache that follows the death of a loved one eventually softens, and daily life resumes. But for some, the pain does not ease with time—a condition known as prolonged grief disorder (PGD). In ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Brainwaves of mothers and children synchronize when playing together—even in an acquired language

Interbrain synchrony is the simultaneous activity of neural networks across the brains of people who are socially interacting—for example, talking, learning, singing, or working together. Having brains that are thus synchronized ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Stopping fatal blood loss with clay

Traumatic injury is the third leading cause of death in the state of Texas, surpassing strokes, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A massive number of these deaths ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Biomedical technology
Medical Xpress / Ultra-endurance running may accelerate aging and breakdown of red blood cells

Extreme endurance running damages red blood cells in ways that may affect their ability to function properly, according to a recent study. Although the duration and long-term implications of the damage are unclear, the study ...

Medical Xpress / COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy may help prevent preeclampsia

A new multinational study from the INTERCOVID Consortium, including Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, has found that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, particularly when combined with a booster dose, ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Debilitating tropical virus can spread in cool weather, posing a greater health risk than previously thought

Chikungunya virus, a debilitating tropical disease caused by infected mosquito bites, poses a greater health threat in Europe than previously thought because it can be spread when air temperatures are as low as 13°C. Researchers ...

Medical Xpress / Cancer stress protein helps tumors hide from immune system

A protein made by stressed cancer cells helps lung and pancreatic tumors evade the immune system, a new study shows. Led by researchers from NYU Langone Health, the work found that new drugs designed to block the action of ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Spiritual practices strongly associated with reduced risk for hazardous alcohol and drug use

Individuals who engaged in spirituality were significantly less likely to exhibit hazardous use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and illicit drugs, according to a new meta-analysis led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Experimental vaccine protects against C. diff disease and recurrence

A novel vaccination approach developed by Vanderbilt Health researchers cleared the harmful gut bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) in an animal model of infection. An experimental vaccine administered to the mucosal ...

Medical Xpress / How dopamine-producing neurons arise in the developing brain

In a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers have identified the neurogenic progenitor that gives rise to dopaminergic neurons, the primary neurons affected in Parkinson's disease. ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Babies are exposed to more 'forever chemicals' before birth than previously known, new study finds

Babies born between 2003 and 2006 were exposed to many more "forever chemicals" before birth than scientists previously understood, according to new research published in Environmental Science & Technology.

Feb 18, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Mapping protein production in brain cells yields new insights for brain disease

The brain's ability to do everything from forming memories to coordinating movement relies on its cells producing the right proteins at the right time. But directly measuring this protein production, known as translation, ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Neuroscience