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Medical Xpress / The brain region associated with moral inconsistency
Why don't some people practice what they preach? Researchers reveal that a brain region called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) is involved. The researchers used fMRI imaging to identify brain activity patterns ...
Medical Xpress / Synaptic connectivity alone can reveal neuron types
Recent technological advances facilitate the reconstruction of complete brain connectomes in small organisms and partial connectomes in mammals, involving the mapping of the network of neurons and synaptic connections. Accurate ...
Medical Xpress / A decade of baseball data shows the designated hitter system does not affect how teams win
In the original form of baseball, all nine players bat and play defense, including the pitcher. The designated hitter system lets a team add a tenth player to the starting lineup—a specialist batter who replaces the pitcher ...
Medical Xpress / Direct nervous system link promises more natural leg prostheses
A research team led by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, has, for the first time, successfully decoded leg movements directly from the remaining nerves in people with above-knee amputations. Using ...
Medical Xpress / A neuroadaptive VR system for the treatment of arachnophobia
Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have developed a novel virtual reality (VR) system that could make the treatment of arachnophobia, also known as spider phobia, more targeted and personalized in the ...
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods linked to infertility in US women
Women who consume lower amounts of ultra-processed foods have higher odds of conceiving, according to new research from McMaster University. The link persists even after accounting for age, weight, lifestyle, and other health ...
Medical Xpress / Fracture risk calculator can identify more patients who could benefit from parathyroid surgery
A widely used fracture risk calculator may help guide surgical decisions to treat patients with an endocrine disorder called primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) that causes progressive bone loss, according to a study led by ...
Medical Xpress / Why 4 in 10 children in Papua New Guinea miss vaccinations
Four in ten children in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain Province (ENBP) received no vaccinations in 2023, and new research has revealed why. The study led by Burnet Institute found most caregivers strongly support vaccinating ...
Medical Xpress / Physical activity improves work ability: Study shows lifelong influence from childhood to the end of career
A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä shows that regular leisure-time physical activity started at a young age prevents a decrease in work ability at the end of a career. The result is societally significant, ...
Medical Xpress / Switching from milk to solid food in early life helps reprogram the gut's immune defenses, researchers find
According to a team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Tongji University and collaborating institutions, weaning or switching from milk to solid food in early life doesn't just change what babies eat, it helps ...
Medical Xpress / Pythons' feast-and-famine life hints at new weight loss pathway
Pythons don't nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can approach 100% of their body weight. But even as they slither stealthily around the forest, months or even a year may pass between ...
Medical Xpress / A liquid biopsy blood test may improve children's survival of cancer in Africa
In a study published in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania have shown that a minimally invasive liquid ...
