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Medical Xpress / Blood lactate levels can predict physical outcomes for ALS patients

Higher levels of blood lactate may be the key to a longer life for people with the neurodegenerative condition ALS, new research suggests. A study at The University of Queensland and Japan's Shiga University of Medical Science ...

5 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Women under 25 with cervical lesions face higher risk of heart disease, study finds

Young women with a history of cervical lesions are at 20% higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease and more likely to die from it, compared to others their age without the condition. High-grade squamous intraepithelial ...

5 hours ago in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Pancreatic cancer may begin hiding from the immune system earlier than we thought

A new study from researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem provides fresh insight into how pancreatic cancer may begin taking shape years before it is clinically detected. The research shows that early precancerous ...

Medical Xpress / How a tick could help prevent diseases like MS and cancer

A team from the Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute has identified a tick-derived evasin that can bind to two major classes of chemokines, a discovery that is important for the development of therapeutics targeting ...

6 hours ago in Immunology
Medical Xpress / New hip replacements are likely to last at least 25 years, study suggests

Modern hip replacements are nearly twice as likely as older hip replacements to last at least 25 years, suggests a study published in The Lancet. The authors of the systematic review and meta-analysis employed advanced modeling ...

6 hours ago in Surgery
Medical Xpress / AI accurately spots medical disorder from privacy-conscious hand images

An AI can accurately diagnose a rare endocrinological condition just by analyzing pictures of the back of the hand and the clenched fist. The privacy-conscious achievement by Kobe University holds promise for establishing ...

8 hours ago in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / Screaming, vomiting, and daily weed: The rise of 'scromiting' among chronic cannabis users

Kennon Heard, MD, Ph.D., was skeptical when he first heard about cases in emergency departments of severe, recurring episodes of nausea and vomiting associated with chronic use of marijuana. In 2004, Australian researchers ...

5 hours ago in Addiction
Medical Xpress / Refugee and immigrant children show lower rates of emergency department use for non‑urgent conditions, study finds

Refugee and immigrant children are less likely to visit the emergency department (ED) for minor illnesses (e.g., respiratory infections) compared to children born in Ontario, according to a new study from ICES and The Hospital ...

6 hours ago in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Understanding GLP-1 signaling: A path to better therapies

About one in eight U.S. adults are currently taking a GLP-1 drug such as Ozempic, Wegovy, or Zepbound to treat diabetes, obesity, or other conditions, according to a KFF Health Tracking poll. But many suffer from significant ...

7 hours ago in Medications
Medical Xpress / More than eco-anxiety: Study exposes emotional fallout of climate crisis for youth

A few years ago, researcher Maya Gislason's young child came home from school with her crayon drawing of Earth in 2020 and 2050. "The first was blue and green; the second was a planet on fire," she says. "Her question to ...

19 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / A potential immunotherapy strategy for early-stage prostate cancer

Immunotherapy has been generally ineffective for prostate cancer because the tumors are considered immunologically "cold," meaning they do not attract enough immune cells to mount a strong attack. Hormone therapy commonly ...

21 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Novel delivery method bypasses blood-brain barrier to treat ALS symptoms

A researcher at the University of Missouri has made a promising breakthrough in the quest to help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the neurodegenerative disorder commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. In ...

21 hours ago in Neuroscience