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Medical Xpress / AI gives a clearer picture of functional MRI brain data
Obtaining clearer functional MRI data about the brain and its disorders is possible using artificial intelligence, according to Boston College researchers who report in Nature Methods that they have developed an AI-assisted ...
Medical Xpress / Meconium helps map prenatal metal exposure
Newly published research sheds light on how and where New York's youngest residents are exposed to environmental metals before they are even born.
Medical Xpress / Flaws in lab-grown heart cells point the way to better treatments
A study led by Maria Carmo-Fonseca at GIMM has helped clarify one of the main limitations of lab-grown heart cells, which are widely used around the world to study heart disease and test new drugs. Although these cells make ...
Medical Xpress / Representative workforce needed to address the US behavioral health crisis
A new paper published in Nature Mental Health argues that the U.S. cannot end its worsening behavioral health crisis without a workforce that reflects the racial, ethnic, lived-experience, linguistic, and geographic diversity ...
Medical Xpress / US backs at-home HPV testing to boost cervical cancer screening
Women may soon have an easier, lower-cost way to get screened for cervical cancer.
Medical Xpress / How a rare genetic variant protects some people from developing blood cancers
Blood cancer is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system. Like most cancers, the cause is usually mutations in the DNA, which are genetic errors that accumulate as ...
Medical Xpress / Fatigue before cancer treatment linked to adverse events
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center-led investigators found that higher patient-reported fatigue before cancer treatment aligned with higher odds of severe, life-threatening, and fatal treatment-related toxic effects.
Medical Xpress / Weaker body clocks linked to higher dementia risk in older adults
Circadian rhythms that are weaker and more fragmented are linked to an increased risk of dementia, according to a new study published in Neurology. The study also found that circadian rhythm levels that peaked later in the ...
Medical Xpress / Private equity acquired more than 500 autism centers over the past decade, new study shows
Private equity firms have acquired more than 500 autism therapy centers across the U.S. over the past decade, with nearly 80% of those acquisitions occurring over a four-year span, according to a new study from researchers ...
Medical Xpress / New toothpaste stops periodontal pathogens
Periodontitis is widespread and can have serious consequences for overall health. Researchers at Fraunhofer have identified a substance that selectively inhibits only those bacteria that cause periodontitis, thereby preserving ...
Medical Xpress / AI uncovers two distinct multiple sclerosis types
Artificial intelligence (AI), using a simple blood test combined with standard brain images has, for the first time, been able to identify two biologically distinct types of multiple sclerosis (MS), in research led by UCL ...
Medical Xpress / For the first time, a mechanism enabling breast cancer to metastasize to the brain has been deciphered
A large-scale international study, led by researchers from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University, has uncovered a mechanism that allows breast cancer to send metastases to the brain—a highly ...
