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Medical Xpress / Hidden kidney effects emerge in LRBA deficiency, with polyuria in some patients

LRBA deficiency has long been viewed primarily as an immune disorder, but researchers at Science Tokyo have found that the condition may also impair urinary concentrating ability. Using patient registry data from 43 individuals, ...

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Medical Xpress / First-in-the-world gene therapy delivers missing gene directly to infant's brain

An 8-month-old infant with severe genetic epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to receive an experimental gene replacement therapy designed to restore the function of the WWOX gene directly in the brain. The ...

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Medical Xpress / New evidence offers hope for ketogenic therapy in treatment of anorexia nervosa

A pilot study published today in Communications Medicine demonstrates the potential of a new approach to treating anorexia nervosa, a disorder for which effective treatments have been significantly limited. The research from ...

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Medical Xpress / New map reveals how antidepressants reshape the brain's serotonin system

A new study has uncovered how antidepressants affect different groups of serotonin-producing brain cells in opposite ways, offering new insights into why selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can cause unpleasant ...

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Medical Xpress / AI can reveal brain tumor risks without costly genetic testing

Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can analyze routine pathology slides to help classify meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumor in adults, and predict a patient's ...

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Medical Xpress / Music listening shows no mental health benefit in 20,000 twin records

For many, music is a source of comfort, a mood booster and a remedy for loneliness. But does frequently listening to music actually lead to better mental health? A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for ...

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Medical Xpress / Researchers trigger sleep's restorative effect in parts of the awake brain

By inducing specific patterns of activity in small portions of the brain in awake mice, researchers have triggered a recalibration of neural connections that normally only occurs during sleep. This new approach offset the ...

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Medical Xpress / Congestion relief zone results after year one suggest notable road safety benefits

Early trends have pointed to reductions in traffic congestion, travel times, and air pollution within the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ), the initiative launched by New York City in 2025. Traffic crashes also declined significantly ...

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Medical Xpress / New clinical AI learns when to be confident and when to hold back

Combining clinical expertise and experience with the vast and ever-increasing knowledge of artificial intelligence has the potential to transform health care by providing earlier diagnoses and predicting outcomes. However, ...

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Medical Xpress / Testing AI against public health's existing tools shows mixed results

A new Penn-led randomized controlled trial has found that AI-powered chatbots can make vaccine-hesitant parents more likely to say they will immunize their children against human papillomavirus (HPV), but no more than standard ...

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Medical Xpress / Africa races for Ebola vaccine as outbreak outpaces response

Researchers racing to develop a vaccine to fight the growing Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) say doses could be ready for human testing within "two to three months," while the more promising ...

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Medical Xpress / Why one diabetes drug may sharply cut heart failure risk for genetically vulnerable patients

Rare genetic variants known to cause cardiomyopathy, an inherited cause of a weak heart, can increase the risk of patients developing heart failure. However, new research from Mass General Brigham Heart and Vascular Institute ...

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