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Medical Xpress / Forget apples—researcher outlines how an orange a day may reduce depression risk by 20%
]Eating an orange a day may lower a person's depression risk by 20%, according to a study published in Microbiome. That might be because citrus stimulates the growth of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (F. prausnitzii), a type ...
Medical Xpress / Melatonin supplementation may help offset DNA damage linked to night shift work
Melatonin supplementation may help offset the DNA damage associated with night shift work by boosting the body's ability to repair it, suggest the findings of a small clinical trial published online in the journal Occupational ...
Medical Xpress / New study identifies unique white matter astrocytes with regenerative potential
A research team has identified different subtypes of white matter (WM) astrocytes, including a unique type with the ability to multiply and potentially aid in brain repair. Using single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics, ...
Medical Xpress / Model accurately predicts the movement of elite athletes to catch the ball in parabolic flight
How does a tennis player like Carlos Alcaraz decide where to run to return Novak Djokovic's ball by just looking at the ball's initial position? These behaviors, so common in elite athletes, are difficult to explain with ...
Medical Xpress / The brain's map of space: A new discovery about how our brains represent information
A new study led by Prof. Yoram Burak of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveils a unifying mathematical framework to explain how ...
Medical Xpress / AI-powered tool detects invisible brain abnormalities in children with epilepsy
Scientists have developed an AI-powered tool that detects 64% of brain abnormalities linked to epilepsy that human radiologists miss.
Medical Xpress / AI 'scribe' increases face-to-face time with patients
When doctors teamed with an artificial intelligence tool that "listened" in and took notes on patient visits, the tool significantly decreased the time providers spent interacting with patients' notes instead of with the ...
Medical Xpress / Not all heart inflammation is the same: Study identifies unique immune signatures in myocarditis cases
A group of Berlin researchers in collaboration with international scientists have found differences in heart inflammation caused by COVID-19, anti-COVID-19 vaccination, and non-COVID-19 myocarditis. The find paves the way ...
Medical Xpress / Healing the broken heart: How a key junctional protein may unlock the potential of cardiac regeneration
Adult human hearts possess limited regenerative abilities, so losing cardiomyocytes (CMs) after injury can result in contractile dysfunction and heart failure. In contrast, neonatal mammalian hearts can regenerate, though ...
Medical Xpress / Telemedicine's rise: A potential check on low-value medical testing
Low-value care—medical tests and procedures that provide little to no benefit to patients—contributes to excess medical spending and both direct and cascading harms to patients. A research team from Mass General Brigham ...
Medical Xpress / Herpesviruses may contribute to Alzheimer's disease via transposable elements
Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Genome Center have outlined the pathway human herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV1) can use to contribute to Alzheimer's disease in aging brains. In a report published in Alzheimer's & Dementia, ...
Medical Xpress / Even one night of lost sleep can alter your immune system, increase inflammation
New research reveals insight into the impact sleep quality has on a person's immune system, and how it could be linked to the development of diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.