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Medical Xpress / Hypoglossal nerve stimulation for obstructive sleep apnea shows downstream health benefits
Researchers estimate that more than 80 million U.S. adults are living with obstructive sleep apnea, a condition in which the soft tissue at the back of the throat collapses and blocks the airway during sleep. This blockage ...
Medical Xpress / Missing metabolite may drive rare childhood brain disorder, new biosensor reveals
Scientists at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered why babies born with a rare inborn error of metabolism called GPT2 deficiency suffer from severe neurological impairment. ...
Medical Xpress / Brain circuits may help explain cognitive symptoms in progressive supranuclear palsy
Researchers at Japan's National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) have found that tau buildup in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) may affect brain networks involved in thinking and behavior. The findings ...
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 shows promise for patients with advanced fatty liver disease
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have reported results from a large international clinical trial showing that semaglutide, a medication in the GLP-1 class of drugs widely used to treat ...
Medical Xpress / Two studies advance sudden cardiac arrest prediction
Warning symptoms, recurrent heart events may identify people at risk for this often-deadly event. Two studies from investigators at Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University move the medical field closer to solving a longstanding ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental drug may protect the heart in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Researchers at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have identified a potential pathway that could protect cardiac function in people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a progressive and fatal genetic disease that ...
Medical Xpress / First animal behavior test shows contactless cochlear stimulation can mimic sound
A new study using Mongolian gerbils as an animal model demonstrated for the first time that trans-tympanic infrared laser stimulation of the cochlea evokes reliable auditory-guided behavior in awake animals without the need ...
Medical Xpress / Medical spas and pharmacies offering compounded weight-loss drugs despite regulatory concerns
Despite the end of federal shortages of popular GLP-1 weight-loss medications, the market for compounded alternatives remains strong—and some patients may unknowingly be receiving products from pharmacies with concerning ...
Medical Xpress / ECT-like stimulation unlocks lasting immature-like state in adult mouse neurons
A research team at Fujita Health University led by Professor Tsuyoshi Miyakawa has uncovered a novel mechanism of cellular plasticity in which repeated neuronal stimulation can durably alter the identity of mature neurons. ...
Medical Xpress / A step toward lab‑grown sperm: Scientists turn stem cells into early sperm cells in a mini‑testis
About 9% of men of reproductive age in the United States experience fertility problems. One of the many causes of male infertility is a failure in germline development, the process by which embryonic cells develop into sperm ...
Medical Xpress / Breakdown of immune cells' interaction is key driver in aging, study finds
We may age at different rates, but none of us escapes aging. A study in mice and human cells by Stanford Medicine researchers pins much of the blame on a particular type of immune cell's increasing inability, with advancing ...
Medical Xpress / Implant helps paralyzed man to feed himself and drink from a cup
A neuroprosthetic system has helped a man with paralysis move his hand and feel touch again following a spinal cord injury, reports research published in Nature Medicine. Some of the system's benefits continued even when ...
