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Medical Xpress / Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID: Here's why
Research published today in Cell Reports Medicine reveals key biological differences that may explain why women with long COVID—especially those who develop chronic fatigue syndrome—tend to experience more severe and ...
Medical Xpress / Hot pants for good health: Scientists try heat therapy to lower blood pressure
The saying goes that you should stay out of the kitchen if you can't take the heat, but new research suggests otherwise—for the sake of your blood pressure.
Medical Xpress / Promising drug can inhibit aggressive breast cancer
New research reveals a drug developed by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University may develop into a new treatment for an especially aggressive form of breast cancer.
Medical Xpress / Parents who struggle to identify emotions may face higher burnout, alexithymia study finds
Researchers at the Institute of Psychology at the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw report associations between alexithymia and parental burnout and sex-specific differences.
Medical Xpress / How colorectal cancer evades immunotherapy using a dual barrier
Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. In recent years, immunotherapies—treatments that reactivate the immune system to attack tumor cells—have transformed the treatment of many types ...
Medical Xpress / Alternate proteins from the same gene can contribute differently to health and rare disease
Around 25 million Americans have a rare genetic disease, and many of them struggle with not only a lack of effective treatments, but also a lack of good information about their disease. Clinicians may not know what causes ...
Medical Xpress / Coronavirus replication relies on newly identified host enzyme, study finds
A research team at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has identified a previously unknown cellular mechanism crucial to the replication of coronaviruses: c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) is activated during infection with human ...
Medical Xpress / AI model predicts drug toxicity using differences between animal models and humans
In the UK, there was a case where TGN1412, an immunotherapy under development, triggered a cytokine storm within hours of administration to humans, leading to multiple organ failure. Another example, Aptiganel, a stroke drug ...
Medical Xpress / MRI contrast agent design continues path to safer, more effective diagnostics
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a new class of MRI contrast agents, improving their stability to create a significant advancement in medical imaging technology.
Medical Xpress / Time change: What neuroscience reveals about our internal clock
It's well-known that neural circuits help synchronize our biological clock with the day-night cycle. But just how exactly do those circuits develop, and can better understanding the process help, for example, in treating ...
Medical Xpress / Early HIV drugs give immune system a brief reprieve before dysregulation returns, study finds
Despite effective HIV medication, the immune system of people with HIV remains disrupted in the long term.
Medical Xpress / Routine use of metabolic drug recommended for all kidney function levels
The results of two large-scale studies demonstrate that sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors significantly reduce the risk of kidney disease progression, hospitalization, and death in people with and without ...
