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Medical Xpress / Early dog exposure may protect babies from infections through home microbes
Children who have been in contact with dogs in early childhood are, on average, healthier and require fewer courses of antibiotics than children without such contact. The protective association is explained, at least in part, ...
Medical Xpress / Yoga and Omega-3 as effective as psychological therapy for depression in pregnancy
Globally, nearly 1 in 3 pregnant women experience depression, with most receiving no treatment. When they do get support, they're often steered toward talking therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or mindfulness ...
Medical Xpress / Intermittent fasting maintains long-term weight loss, regardless of meal timing, study shows
A team of scientists from the University of Granada (UGR), the Granada Institute for Biomedical Research (ibs.GRANADA), the Public University of Navarra and the Biomedical Research Networking Center (CIBER) has demonstrated ...
Medical Xpress / Brain scans reveal impaired waste clearance in ME/CFS, offering clue to brain fog
The brain's waste clearance system is impaired in people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), which can lead to various symptoms, including brain fog, Griffith University researchers have ...
Medical Xpress / Analysis indicates Latinos in U.S. are indispensable to nation's prosperity, health, future
The conventional narrative that Latinos are taking more from the United States than they contribute is not just wrong—it is dangerous. In a new "Medicine and Society" analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine, ...
Medical Xpress / How serotonin may help drive long-term allergic inflammation through overlooked immune cells
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have uncovered how serotonin-related metabolism helps regulate an understudied immune cell involved in allergic inflammation. The study, published in the journal Allergy, adds to knowledge ...
Medical Xpress / Shared neurodevelopmental spectrum could link ADHD, autism and dyslexia to later outcomes
A paper published in Molecular Psychiatry, led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London, challenges the way we think about neurodevelopmental conditions.
Medical Xpress / Common mucus-clearing treatments don't help ICU patients breathe easier and may cause harm, clinical trial finds
For patients struggling to breathe because of acute respiratory failure, clearing mucus from the airways is a routine part of treatment. Mucoactive agents are widely used for this purpose. But after years of clinical use, ...
Medical Xpress / Dual-mobility hip replacement implant can lower dislocation risk by 70%
A new type of hip replacement implant reduces the risk of joint dislocation after surgery by 70%, according to a new study involving 1,600 patients across 44 hospitals in Sweden and the UK, published in The Lancet. The new ...
Medical Xpress / Human red blood cells form without central 'hub' seen in mouse models, upending understanding of our physiology
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that one of the body's most fundamental biological processes—how red blood cells are made—works differently in humans than previously thought, according to a new study published ...
Medical Xpress / Long sitting bouts linked to increased cancer risk
Each additional hour of prolonged, uninterrupted sedentary behavior in a person's day is associated with a 9% higher risk of cancer death, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine by Frederick Ho of the University ...
Medical Xpress / Men should speed up slower to avoid 'hitting the wall' in marathons, new research suggests
Male runners may be twice as likely as female runners to suddenly slow down—known as "hitting the wall"—during a marathon, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that men may be able to ...
