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Medical Xpress / How children talk can indicate risk for future mental health problems

Linguistic models that analyzed the words children used when talking about stressful events were better at predicting future mental health problems than a panel of human experts.

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Why your doctors keep leaving

If it feels harder to keep the same doctor, you're not imagining it. Health care leaders say retirements, burnout and changing workforce expectations are making it complicated to keep experienced clinicians in place.

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Eating a wide variety of plants every day could be more beneficial than taking a probiotic

Eating a wide variety of plants every day could be more beneficial to the microbiome than taking a standard probiotic. New research led by scientists from King's College London and ZOE found that consuming a daily blend with ...

13 hours ago
Medical Xpress / 'Restoring the joy of eating': Overcoming dysphagia through 3D food printing technology

As South Korea enters a superaged society, the rising number of cancer and chronic disease patients has made "eating well" an emerging national and social challenge. Dysphagia—difficulty swallowing—is particularly common ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Q&A: How aging affects cells' recycling centers

Lysosomes, the cell's recycling hubs, are best known for their role in a group of rare inherited conditions called lysosomal storage disorders, where harmful molecules build up inside these compartments. But scientists are ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Onsite rapid testing leads to decrease in ER visits among long-term care residents

A study led by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Michael Garron Hospital, Humber River Health and the University of Toronto, in partnership with 20 long-term care (LTC) homes across Toronto, has found that onsite rapid testing ...

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / ACSS2 protein identified as therapeutic target for metastatic liver tumors

Liver metastases are one of the most common sites of cancer spread, and the survival rates are very low. However, Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers recently identified a new promising therapeutic target.

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Why does an irregular heartbeat show up 40 years early for some people?

An estimated 10 million Americans have atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. AFib is a condition in which the upper chambers of the heart beat ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Leaky gut might make food allergies worse

A "leaky gut" might increase the severity of food allergies, according to new research conducted in mice and published in The Journal of Immunology. The researchers found that changes to the gut microbiome in mice were linked ...

Jul 31, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists identify fructose as a surprise driver of cancer spread

A new study from The Wistar Institute has uncovered an unexpected link between fructose—a common dietary sugar—and the spread of an aggressive form of ovarian cancer. Published in Nature Aging, the study found that cancer ...

Jul 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / This amino acid may help the body fight tumors and viral infections

The amino acid arginine helps keep the human body humming, most notably by synthesizing proteins that carry out a range of cellular processes. It's produced by our bodies and found in common high-protein foods. Low levels ...

Jul 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Sleep replay of learned skills can occur independently of the hippocampus, mouse study finds

Sleep is a crucial physiological process that supports recovery, clears metabolic waste products from the brain, regulates metabolism and supports the functioning of the immune system. Sleep is also known to play a key role ...

Jul 30, 2026