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Medical Xpress / Index provides flu risk for each state
Infectious disease can afflict a population in complex ways. Understanding the varying risks is an equally complex challenge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a general metric for assessing the ...
Medical Xpress / Ketone supplementation improves immunotherapy outcomes in mice, with human clinical trial underway
A naturally occurring byproduct of liver metabolism—the ketone body, β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB)—can strengthen the fitness and antitumor activity of CAR T cells. The findings, reported on March 6, 2026 in the journal Cell, ...
Medical Xpress / Creating less trippy, more therapeutic 'magic mushrooms'
Psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in "magic mushrooms"—is gaining scientific attention for its potential in treating neuropsychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, substance use disorders and certain neurodegenerative ...
Medical Xpress / Open-source, privacy-focused platform aims to help researchers examine how digital interactions influence health
Numerous sensors allow smartphones to silently witness everything we do, says Ian Kim, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology at Stanford University. They count each smartphone owner's steps, measure their sleep, record where ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers detect complex emotions by combining multiple optical signals
Researchers have developed a new way to recognize human emotions by combining fiber-based physiological signals with thermal images of the face. The portable emotional recognition system could eventually be used to support ...
Medical Xpress / PET imaging study reveals how ketamine relieves treatment-resistant depression
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, and approximately 30% of patients develop treatment-resistant depression (TRD), a condition that does not respond adequately to conventional ...
Medical Xpress / Wnt signaling drives stomach cancer spread by reshaping surrounding tissue, finds study
Researchers at the Cancer Research Institute and the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have uncovered a critical mechanism that enables gastric cancer to spread to distant organs. Their study ...
Medical Xpress / Machine learning can predict preeclampsia by week 34 of pregnancy
A machine-learning model developed by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators may provide clinicians with an early warning of a complication that can occur late in pregnancy. Preeclampsia is a sudden onset condition that involves ...
Medical Xpress / New study shows how sickle cell affects brain function
Sickle cell disease is often thought of solely as a blood disorder, but new research from the Wood Neuro Research Group provides measurable evidence that it can reshape how brain networks function. Previous neuroimaging studies ...
Medical Xpress / White House autism briefing linked to swift shifts in prescribing patterns
A White House briefing in September 2025 that raised concerns about acetaminophen use during pregnancy and promoted the drug leucovorin as a potential autism treatment was followed by sharp changes in how doctors prescribed ...
Medical Xpress / Smart combinations of antibiotics can slow down resistance
When a bacterium becomes resistant to one antibiotic, it may sometimes become more sensitive to another. This biological side-effect offers an unexpected opportunity in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
Medical Xpress / Temporal lobe epilepsy: A new strategy to correct abnormal electrical activity
Many patients suffer from epilepsy that cannot be controlled by current medications. Surgical removal of epileptogenic brain regions is effective in only about half of cases, and not all patients are eligible for the procedure. ...
