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Medical Xpress / Weight loss in cancer: Organs respond to the disease in a coordinated way, study finds

Cachexia is a metabolic disorder that causes uncontrolled weight loss and muscle wasting in chronic diseases and cancer.

Jan 19, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Small molecules could treat Crohn's disease by mimicking a protective gene variant

An estimated 3 million Americans have an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. But a lucky few individuals are far less likely to develop IBD because they have a rare variant of a ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Inflammatory disorders
Medical Xpress / 'Revoice' device gives stroke patients their voice back

Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device called Revoice that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally and fluently following a stroke, without the need for invasive brain ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Misplaced neurons in the brain can still perform essential sensory functions

Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered that neurons located in the wrong place can still carry out their normal function—challenging long-held ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / New method predicts asthma attacks up to five years in advance

Researchers at Mass General Brigham and Karolinska Institutet have identified a new method to predict asthma exacerbations with a high degree of accuracy. The study is published in Nature Communications.

Jan 19, 2026 in Inflammatory disorders
Medical Xpress / Autistic and non-autistic faces differ in expressing anger, happiness, sadness, study shows

Autistic and non-autistic people express emotions differently through their facial movements, according to a new study, which may help to explain why emotional expressions are sometimes misinterpreted between the two groups.

Jan 19, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / AI model detects prediabetes using ECG data without need for blood tests

DiaCardia, a novel artificial intelligence model that can accurately identify individuals with prediabetes using either 12-lead or single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) data, has been developed. This breakthrough holds promise ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Diabetes
Medical Xpress / New coffee chemicals show promise for managing type 2 diabetes

Coffee may do more than boost energy. New research suggests that certain compounds found in roasted coffee beans could help slow how quickly sugar enters the bloodstream, a finding that could one day support new foods aimed ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Researchers develop biodegradable, self-powered electrical stimulator for muscle repair

Severe skeletal muscle injury, especially volumetric muscle loss, remains difficult to treat because effective regeneration requires safe, effective, and sustained intervention. Addressing this long-standing challenge, a ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Medical research
Medical Xpress / New diet guidelines say to double up on protein, but nutrition experts are wary

Protein just got a big boost from U.S. health officials.

Jan 19, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Aging, smoking, oral bacteria and genetic mutations linked to higher stomach cancer risk

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University Health System (NUHS), together with an international team of researchers, have uncovered a complex interplay of factors that increase the risk of developing ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Poor sleep, distress and disadvantage linked to suicidal thoughts in teens

Poor sleep, psychological distress, socioeconomic disadvantage and bad eating habits are strongly linked to greater risk of suicidal thoughts among adolescents, according to new research from the University of the Sunshine ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry