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Medical Xpress / Study reveals why some myeloma patients stay cancer-free for years after CAR T therapy
A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai helps explain why some people with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, stay in remission for many years after receiving CAR T cell therapy, while others see ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers redefine hip arthroscopy with breakthrough surgical device
There's a new tool in the hands of surgeons making waves in the world of hip arthroscopy.
Medical Xpress / The internal clock of immune cells: Is the immune system younger in the morning?
As the immune system ages, it reacts more slowly to pathogens, vaccines become less effective, and the risk of cancer increases. At the same time, the immune system follows a 24-hour rhythm, as the number and activity of ...
Medical Xpress / Understudied eating disorder matches anorexia, bulimia severity
A diagnosis often viewed as less serious than anorexia and bulimia—and the most common eating disorder worldwide—can cause just as much harm, a new study has found.
Medical Xpress / Extending anti-clotting treatment linked to lower rates of new clots
Extending anti-clotting drugs beyond the initial treatment period of at least 90 days after a first blood clot is linked to lower rates of new clots developing compared with stopping treatment, finds a US study published ...
Medical Xpress / Plant-based diet can prevent, reverse form of heart disease in animals with hypertension
Eating a plant-based diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes can help prevent and reverse heart disease in rats that have high blood pressure, according to a study published by researchers in the Institute ...
Medical Xpress / Headache disorders affect 3 billion people worldwide, ranking sixth for health loss in 2023
Headache disorders affected almost 3 billion people worldwide in 2023—nearly one in every three people, a figure unchanged since 1990—and ranked sixth among causes of health loss, according to new research to be published ...
Medical Xpress / Sickle cell disease pain brought into focus with newly developed app
Pain is a constant, complex companion that clinicians often struggle to understand and measure for people living with sickle cell disease. Traditional pain scales reduce this deeply personal experience to a single number ...
Medical Xpress / Global reviews call for urgent action on endometriosis in most world regions
Two reviews published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health reveal stark global inequities in how endometriosis is recognized, treated, and prioritized in national health systems.
Medical Xpress / Decade-long genome study reveals best practices for managing large DNA databases
At a time when large-scale human genome analysis was not yet common, the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) launched its genome cohort study. After 10 years of operating this ambitious project, they are sharing ...
Medical Xpress / Repurposed antibiotic shows promise against central nervous system tuberculosis
Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have demonstrated that doxycycline, a commonly available and inexpensive antibiotic, can improve survival rates and neurological ...
Medical Xpress / Parenting stress, rather than parental gender identity, predicts child outcomes
Children of transgender and nonbinary parents demonstrate typical behavioral and emotional development, while their parents use effective parenting techniques comparable to those of cisgender parents, according to a new study ...
