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Medical Xpress / Study finds resilient communities enjoy better health despite deprivation
New research from The University of Manchester has found that areas with higher community resilience experience better health—including lower rates of drugs, alcohol and suicide deaths—even when those areas face significant ...
Medical Xpress / Online parent help program leads to less-anxious, happier children
Providing parenting help through schools led to a significant reduction in anxiety and behavioral problems among children, according to the results of a national study.
Medical Xpress / Study shows Ozempic could help dialysis patients qualify for kidney transplants
Obesity is one of the biggest barriers preventing patients with end-stage kidney disease from receiving a life-saving kidney transplant. New research from Saint Louis University School of Medicine and SSM Health physicians ...
Medical Xpress / AI predicts when donor livers are viable, potentially slashing canceled transplants by 60%
There are more candidates on the waitlist for a liver transplant than there are available organs, yet about half the time a match is found with a donor who dies after cardiac arrest following the removal of life support, ...
Medical Xpress / How controlling sunburn-triggered inflammation may prevent skin cancer
Sunlight is vital for human health as it helps the body produce essential nutrients, such as vitamin D. However, too much sun exposure can significantly increase the risk of skin cancer.
Medical Xpress / Microfluidic device captures pancreatic cancer's 'seeds of metastasis'
Pinned between the stomach and spine, the pancreas supervises both digestion and blood sugar in the body. It's also the site of an aggressive cancer called pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, or PDAC.
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods tied to higher rates of early-onset colorectal cancer precursors in adults
Colorectal cancer used to be associated with old age, but diagnoses have become increasingly common in adults aged 50 or younger particularly in high-income countries like the United States. The reason for this trend is unclear, ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers reveal intricate control system for key immune gene
The immune system faces a delicate balancing act: It must be aggressive enough to fight infections and cancer, yet restrained enough to avoid attacking the body's own tissues.
Medical Xpress / Brain's mechanical properties influence synapse formation and electrical signal development, study finds
In the brain, highly specific connections called synapses link nerve cells and transmit electrical signals in a targeted manner. Despite decades of research, how synapses form during brain development is still not fully understood.
Medical Xpress / Quantifying the intensity of emotional response to sound, images and touch through skin conductance
When we listen to a moving piece of music or feel the gentle pulse of a haptic vibration, our bodies react before we consciously register the feeling. The heart may quicken and palms may sweat, resulting in subtle electrical ...
Medical Xpress / Vagus nerve's right branch plays a key role in digestive signaling
After years of work, cognition and neuroscience doctoral student Hailey Welch is—for the first time—the lead author of a study published in an academic journal, a paper appearing in Cell Reports, which examined the role ...
Medical Xpress / Stinky socks help replace human bait in surveys for river blindness
New research shows that it's possible to end the practice of using people as human bait to catch and test the black flies that spread river blindness (onchocerciasis). The study by international non‐profit Sightsavers in ...
