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Medical Xpress / How being 'on‑call' for work can disrupt your sleep—even if the call never comes

It's 4 a.m., you've finally drifted off, and then the phone rings. It's work calling. You have to go in. The right to disconnect from work has been protected by law in Australia since 2024. This means most employees can refuse ...

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Medical Xpress / Super-resolution microscopy reveals how a cancer drug triggers cellular breakdown

Cancer drugs are often designed to block specific molecular targets, but what happens after they enter a cell is not always well understood. A new study published in Biophotonics Discovery demonstrates how advanced imaging ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Patients with heart failure, caregivers, providers receptive to mobile health but adoption barriers persist

Interviews with patients hospitalized for heart failure, caregivers, providers and organizational leaders highlighted several strengths of Mighty Heart (a major clinical trial examining the effectiveness of in-home and telehealth-enabled ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Autistic adults show more dopamine receptors, brain-imaging study finds

How does autism manifest in the brain? Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital investigated this question in a new study involving 60 adults.

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Medical Xpress / Can we make blood transfusions safer by testing for proteins linked to strokes and Alzheimer's disease?

A review and opinion piece published in The Lancet and led by UCL (University College London) and UCLH researchers discusses the possibility that blood transfusions may inadvertently transmit harmful brain proteins, and whether ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Gene markers quantify damage in individual kidney and liver cells

Researchers at the University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have developed a method that, for the first time, enables damage to individual cells to be precisely ...

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Medical Xpress / Cannabis addiction climbs fast while alcohol use disorder slowly declines across the USA

Alcohol is second on the list of the most addictive drugs in America. By altering the brain's chemistry and triggering the release of pleasure-inducing chemicals like dopamine, alcohol can create a strong desire to repeat ...

Aug 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / More than 2,300 psilocybin users report real-world outcomes in Oregon and Colorado

Over the past few decades, some psychiatrists and medical researchers have been running controlled clinical trials to assess the potential therapeutic value of psychedelics, substances that alter perception, mood and thinking ...

Aug 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Fever-like body heat reduces cognitive differences in preclinical autism model

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in communication, social interactions, learning and sensory processing. Past studies have found that when some autistic children ...

Aug 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / New brain cell formation stalls in adults with depression, study shows

Findings from a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons suggest that the trickle of neurons created in the adult hippocampus could be instrumental in preventing depression. ...

Aug 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / How the brain distinguishes the consequences of our own choices from events beyond our control

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified the brain mechanisms that help us work out whether the consequences we experience are caused by our own actions or by circumstances beyond our control.

Aug 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why memories get fuzzier with age—and what replaces them

Research from the University of East Anglia shows how our memories change with age and why specific details associated with past events can fade over time. The new study reveals that as people age, they not only remember ...

Aug 21, 2026