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Medical Xpress / Real-time metabolic monitoring on a chip: What happens inside a cell can be measured instantly
In a significant advancement for lab-on-chip technology, IBEC researchers in the frame of the European project BLOC, have demonstrated the first integration of a benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer with ...
Medical Xpress / Study identifies gene linked to chemotherapy resistance in prostate cancer
A gene called FOXJ1 may drive resistance to taxane chemotherapy during treatment for advanced prostate cancer, according to a new study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. ...
Medical Xpress / How AI is integrated into clinical workflow lowers medical liability perception
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the field and practice of medicine, including legal liability and the perception of who is at fault when a patient experiences harm. "AI holds promise to improve the quality and safety ...
Medical Xpress / Nanohydrogels steer cancer drugs to tumors, aiming to spare healthy tissue
Exhaustion creeps in. Appetite vanishes. Hair thins. The person in the mirror looks gaunt. It's the paradox of cancer treatment: The same drugs meant to save a life can also wear the body down. Nick Housley, assistant professor ...
Medical Xpress / Simple test could transform time to endometriosis diagnosis
A simple five-minute test addressing major endometriosis diagnostic delays and treatment, has been developed by University of Queensland researchers. The Simplified Adolescent Factors for Endometriosis (SAFE) score uses a ...
Medical Xpress / Specific gut bacteria species linked to muscle strength
A species of gut bacteria called Roseburia inulinivorans is specifically associated with human muscle strength and improved muscular performance in mice, finds research published online in the journal Gut.
Medical Xpress / Wegovy may have highest 'eye stroke' and sight loss risk among semaglutide GLP-1 agonists
Wegovy, a GLP-1 agonist for weight loss, may carry the highest risk of "eye stroke" (ischemic optic neuropathy) and sudden sight loss of the semaglutide drugs, finds an analysis of unintended side effect reports published ...
Medical Xpress / Gut motility increases within minutes of physical activity, research shows
Gut health plays a vital role in overall well-being, with constipation remaining one of the most widespread and frustrating digestive issues that people face today. It affects individuals of all ages and backgrounds, leading ...
Medical Xpress / Adult ADHD trial shows clinically relevant reduction in symptoms
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) published in Psychological Medicine demonstrates a significant and clinically relevant reduction in ADHD symptoms in adults using the digital therapy "attexis."
Medical Xpress / Q&A: A troubling mortality shift for late Gen Xers and early Millennials
Despite major advances in medicine, U.S. life expectancy barely budged in the 2010s, and it still lags that of other wealthy nations. Researchers have pointed to rising "deaths of despair"—drug overdoses, suicides, and ...
Medical Xpress / Cannabis intoxication disrupts many types of memory
Smoking cannabis can do more than blur memories. It can reshape them. A new Washington State University study found that people who consumed THC were more likely to recall words that were never presented and struggled with ...
Medical Xpress / Mouse brain study reveals why blockbuster weight-loss drugs may work differently in females and males
The drugs have names that sound like small planets: semaglutide, liraglutide, lixisenatide. Collectively, they belong to a class of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogs that has reshaped the treatment of obesity and diabetes ...
