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Medical Xpress / Why some stroke patients fare better than others

A clot forms. Blood flow to the brain is blocked. Starved of oxygen, neurons begin to die. This scenario, known as an ischemic stroke, plays out in roughly 21,000 people worldwide each day, threatening them with long-term ...

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Medical Xpress / Small spaces and stiffness may help cancer cells escape and spread

A new biomaterial developed by researchers from The University of Western Australia is providing fresh insights into the way cancer cells escape from tumors and spread through the body.

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Medical Xpress / Pre-surgery immunotherapy may improve treatment for deadly brain cancer

With a five-year survival rate of barely 5%, glioblastoma remains one of the deadliest brain cancers. First-line treatment consists of surgery to remove as much tumor tissue as possible.

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Medical Xpress / ECG-based AI algorithm could improve detection and prediction of heart diseases

Clinicians often use a medical test called a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) to diagnose heart problems. It uses electrodes placed on the chest and limbs to record the heart's electrical activity. Artificial intelligence ...

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Medical Xpress / Neuropsychologist finds gaps between treatment and science of ALS, dementia in her own family

For A. Campbell Sullivan, PsyD, this time it's personal. As a neuropsychologist and clinical associate professor of neurology at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, ...

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Medical Xpress / Breathing without brakes: An unexpected cause of Rett syndrome symptoms

Hyperventilating. Breath-holding until they turn blue. This abnormal breathing is frequent and disturbing in people with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disease. Now University of Connecticut researchers report in Current Biology ...

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Medical Xpress / Healthier fats linked to longer survival after prostate cancer diagnosis

Men diagnosed with nonmetastatic prostate cancer can generally expect to live for many years after their diagnosis. However, cardiovascular disease and other cancers remain important threats to their long-term health. For ...

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Medical Xpress / Genetics of personality may shape more life outcomes than previously thought

An international consortium of researchers found that more than 1,200 different genetic variants are associated with the Big Five personality traits—and, surprisingly, these personality genetics are linked to dozens of life ...

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Medical Xpress / Genetic tests may miss reaction risk from drug prescribed to millions

A genetic marker already used to flag the risk of a life-threatening reaction to the antibiotic vancomycin also identifies patients at risk of that reaction to lamotrigine—and it is missing from the gene panels clinicians ...

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Medical Xpress / GLP-1 treatment late in life extends lifespan in animal model

A study published in Nature has shown that the GLP-1 drug semaglutide extended the lifespan of older, healthy mice by tempering the detrimental effects of aging. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, directly ...

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Medical Xpress / Musicians' brains stay one step ahead, study finds

Musicians don't just learn movement sequences faster; they predict what's coming next sooner, according to new research that also found newly formed motor memories can be disrupted by seeing different visual sequences shortly ...

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Medical Xpress / Understanding the link between neighborhood socioeconomic status and stroke recovery

In a 2021 study, Eric Stulberg, MD, MPH, assistant professor of neurology at Thomas Jefferson University, found an association between lower neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) and worse stroke recovery outcomes. "Even ...

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