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Medical Xpress / Study finds new preeclampsia treatment may safely extend pregnancy
Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators have developed and successfully tested a new treatment for pregnant women with severe early preeclampsia, a leading cause of premature birth as well as maternal and fetal ...
Medical Xpress / Repurposed cancer drugs may help repair gut barrier in Crohn's disease
University of Houston biologists have contributed to a potential breakthrough in treating Crohn's disease by shifting the clinical focus from symptom management to addressing a primary underlying cause of the condition. Crohn's ...
Medical Xpress / Medicaid expansion helped enrollees' long-term financial health, study finds
Twelve years ago this spring, the first Michiganders began getting their health care coverage from the Medicaid expansion program known as the Healthy Michigan Plan. Today, more than 650,000 are enrolled in the program, which ...
Medical Xpress / Umbilical cord blood transplant with pooled stem cell product shows 96% survival and no GVHD in leukemia patients
A new way of using umbilical cord blood for treating blood diseases could make the treatment more accessible to patients who need a stem cell transplant. A Phase II clinical trial of patients undergoing a cord blood transplant ...
Medical Xpress / Memory breaks old divide as brains track details and patterns simultaneously
Our memory records details and detects patterns in everyday life—often without us even realizing it. Researchers at Lund University have for the first time succeeded in showing that the brain does both these things simultaneously ...
Medical Xpress / A new explanation for the rise in heart disease risk after menopause
Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute say the increased risk of cardiovascular disease after menopause may stem not only from declining hormone levels, but also from how those changes influence ...
Medical Xpress / Not all Alzheimer's leads to dementia: The mystery of cognitive resilience
Some brains resist Alzheimer's, even when the disease is already present. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have found that this likely depends on how specific brain cells, known as immature neurons, ...
Medical Xpress / AI tool may spot ADHD years before children are diagnosed
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects millions of children, yet many go years without a diagnosis, missing the chance for early support that can change long-term outcomes even when early signs are present. ...
Medical Xpress / Routine Alzheimer's screening promised early answers, but one crucial group saw almost nothing change
A new study conducted by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers has found that primary care screenings for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in older adults did not cause psychological distress for ...
Medical Xpress / Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain
The brain is more mechanically connected to the body than previously appreciated, scientists report in Nature Neuroscience. Through a study using mice and simulations, the team found a potential biological mechanism underlying ...
Medical Xpress / Key protein in the inflammatory response to infections identified
Whenever there is a wound or infection, the body produces an inflammatory response. This is the body's first line of defense, and macrophages—cells of the innate immune system—play a key role: first, they help eliminate pathogens ...
Medical Xpress / Obesity leaves a lasting memory in immune cells, 10-year study shows
People who live with obesity are "tagging" a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system—leaving people with ongoing risk of obesity-related conditions years after losing weight, according to a 10-year-long ...
