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Medical Xpress / AI helps fuel new era of medical self-testing
Beyond smart watches and rings, artificial intelligence is being used to make self-testing for major diseases more readily available—from headsets that detect early signs of Alzheimer's to an iris-scanning app that helps ...
Medical Xpress / Unexpected finding could offer new treatment targets for meth addiction
University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction.
Medical Xpress / Evaluating apps for treating depression: Study finds most aren't supported by scientific evidence
Diagnoses of depression, one of the most common mental disorders, increased by nearly 50% between 1990 and 2017, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). Currently, depression affects around 5% of the world's ...
Medical Xpress / One in four older Americans with dementia prescribed risky brain-altering drugs despite safety warnings
Despite years of clinical guidelines warning against the practice, one in four Medicare beneficiaries with dementia is prescribed brain-altering medications linked to falls, confusion, and hospitalization, according to new ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate
A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate. The study opens the door to potential new treatments for bacterial prostatitis.
Medical Xpress / Infant gut bacteria may be the key to preventing asthma and allergies
Allergies and asthma affect an increasing number of children worldwide, but now an international research group led by DTU has identified a previously unknown mechanism that can reduce the risk of allergies and asthma later ...
Medical Xpress / Higher daylight exposure improves cognitive performance, study finds
A real world study led by University of Manchester neuroscientists has shown that higher daytime light exposure positively influences different aspects of cognition.
Medical Xpress / Autologous T cell therapy targeting multiple antigens shows promise in treating pancreatic cancer
A recent publication in Nature Medicine describes a novel immunotherapy targeting pancreatic cancer that has shown promising results in a first in-human phase 1/2 trial.
Medical Xpress / Axonal protein synthesis defect identified as potential early driver in ALS progression
Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have identified a molecular process that allows motor neurons to maintain protein production, a process that fails in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study, published in Nature Neuroscience, ...
Medical Xpress / Whole-genome sequencing may optimize PARP inhibitor use for cancer patients
A whole-genome sequencing approach shows early promise over current commercial methods for identifying more patients likely to benefit from PARP inhibitor cancer treatments, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine ...
Dialog / Scientists report new immune insights and targets into LRRK2 mutations in Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra, a brain region essential for motor control. Clinically, it is ...
Medical Xpress / A new tool could tell us how consciousness works
Consciousness is famously a "hard problem" of science: We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains translates into thoughts, sensations, and feelings. But an emerging research tool called transcranial focused ...
