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Medical Xpress / New technique discovers previously unknown population of immune cells in the Alzheimer's brain
A newly developed microscopy technique allows, for the first time, the visualization of more than 30 protein markers simultaneously in the human brain and uses bioinformatics to analyze their spatial relationships. In the ...
Medical Xpress / One in four doctors believe human preservation and future revival could work, but not without challenges
A new survey of U.S. physicians focuses on human preservation procedures and the feasibility of future revival. Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston of Monash University, Australia, and colleagues present their findings in the study, ...
Medical Xpress / Saliva could flag one of the deadliest and most baffling cancers sooner
Scientists at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) at Wits University are exploring whether bacteria in saliva could offer a low-cost warning signal for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, where late ...
Medical Xpress / Pilot trial suggests anti-inflammatory drug could help difficult-to-treat depression
Immunotherapy could be a promising new treatment option for patients with difficult-to-treat depression. This is a key finding from a University of Bristol-led pilot randomized controlled clinical trial, published in JAMA ...
Medical Xpress / How children with autism hear: Not better or worse, just differently
Université de Montréal psychiatry professor Laurent Mottron has spent his career studying the cognitive processes of people with autism. Rather than viewing autism as a deficit, he sees it as a different way of processing ...
Medical Xpress / Human health appears unaffected by living near wind turbines
High-resolution data collected across the United States show negligible evidence of adverse health outcomes tied to wind turbine exposure, a study finds. Despite helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, wind turbine installations ...
Medical Xpress / How medical education can revive the physician–scientist pipeline
The physician–scientist has long occupied a unique place in medicine—bridging the laboratory and the clinic, translating scientific discoveries into innovative patient care. But that role is becoming increasingly rare. The ...
Medical Xpress / Strong genetic mutation overrides female protective effects in autism, researchers discover
Autism spectrum disorder affects males far more frequently than females, with diagnoses occurring roughly four times more often in boys. Scientists have long suspected that females may possess biological protective mechanisms ...
Medical Xpress / Modern medicine cut gut microbial diversity in remote Amazonian communities after just a few visits, study shows
Even minimal exposure to modern medicine can rapidly change the human microbiome. In a new study appearing in Cell Reports, researchers reveal that the gut microbes of remote Amazonian Indigenous communities have begun shifting ...
Medical Xpress / Cytokine-armored CAR-T cell therapy helps eliminate aggressive brain tumors in preclinical study
Scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new cytokine-armored CAR-T cell therapy that helps the immune system better attack aggressive brain tumors in mice while reducing dangerous ...
Medical Xpress / Calcium and vitamin D supplements offer little to no meaningful benefit on fracture, fall prevention, review concludes
Calcium, vitamin D, or combined supplements offer little to no clinically meaningful benefit for fracture and fall prevention in most older people, finds an in-depth review of the latest evidence published by The BMJ.
Medical Xpress / Health care is facing a moral emergency, argue experts
Health care has lost its human, moral, and relational foundations and must reconnect with its core values to improve both patient and staff well-being, argue experts in The BMJ. Despite unprecedented advances in diagnostic ...
