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Medical Xpress / Neuron silence may predict epileptic seizures milliseconds before onset, could lead to seizure reduction device
After the storm comes the calm. But contrary to the famous proverb, the brain's neurons enter a period of calm before the neuronal storm that is an epileptic seizure. An international team of researchers has now demonstrated ...
Medical Xpress / Targeted phages curb Crohn's-linked gut inflammation by disabling harmful E. coli traits
A research team at McMaster University has developed a targeted approach to treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using bacteriophages, viruses that infect specific bacteria, to disarm harmful microbes without disrupting ...
Medical Xpress / Young women diagnosed with breast cancer within three years of childbirth may face more aggressive disease
Breast cancers diagnosed during the first three years after childbirth, particularly within the first year, may be biologically more aggressive than similar cancers in women who have never given birth, according to a new ...
Medical Xpress / Race and ethnicity modify the association between US socioeconomic status and metabolic disease
Higher socioeconomic status is not associated with equal reductions in rates of type 2 diabetes and obesity across all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, according to a new study published July 8, 2026, in the ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic insights into a fluid-related brain condition in newborns
Early detection and treatment of congenital cerebral ventriculomegaly (CCV)—when a fetus's fluid-filled brain ventricles swell due to a condition called hydrocephalus—can help clinicians prevent developmental or neurological ...
Medical Xpress / Brain implant uses temperature to switch neurons on and off
A research team led by Professor Il-Joo Cho of Korea University College of Medicine has developed a novel brain implant capable of bidirectionally modulating neural activity using temperature, opening new possibilities for ...
Medical Xpress / Kidney disease profile shifts: Diabetes-linked CKD rises as overall US rate stalls
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, largely silent and serious. Most people who have the condition do not realize they have it, while it sharply raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and early death. ...
Medical Xpress / After amyloid plaques form, tau and alpha-synuclein pathology rises in mice
The aging brain frequently harbors multiple protein pathologies that contribute to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases. But how do these problematic proteins interact with each other, and could these ...
Medical Xpress / What do Sardinia's Blue Zone elders do differently that helps them age so well physically and mentally?
People are living longer than they did at the turn of the 20th century, but living well into old age depends on more than a healthy lifestyle. Scientists say it is also shaped by how we think, adapt and connect with others.
Medical Xpress / What your tears could reveal about your brain
A few tears may someday reveal important clues about a person's neurological health. Researchers reporting in ACS Omega developed a low-cost electrochemical sensor designed to detect dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover how fungi 'blind' the immune system—offering new hope against superbugs
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered that a fungus deadly to people with weakened immune systems can disable a critical defense used by neutrophils, the body's front-line, infection-fighting white blood ...
Medical Xpress / Lower diversity and poorer function of gut bacteria linked to frailty in older women
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have identified clear links between the composition of gut bacteria and frailty in older women. In cases of high frailty, with an increased risk of illness and death, gut bacterial ...
