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Medical Xpress / First-of-its-kind wearable device gauges health by sensing how skin 'breathes'
Northwestern University researchers have developed the first wearable device for measuring gases emitted from and absorbed by the skin. By analyzing these gases, the device offers an entirely new way to assess skin health, ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify growing list of genetic disorders treatable before or immediately after birth
Researchers from Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School and Duke University School of Medicine have identified nearly 300 genetic disorders that can be treated before or immediately after a baby is born. This "treatable ...
Medical Xpress / Potential Alzheimer's disease therapeutic target identified in brain immune cells
Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its role in the brain was unknown until now.
Medical Xpress / By recreating neural pathway in dish, new research may speed pain treatment
Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of humans' most prominent nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body's skin to the brain. Once further processed ...
Medical Xpress / Fiber consumption protects gut from serious bacterial infection, study suggests
A study published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe by Brazilian and American researchers suggests that a diet rich in soluble fiber can protect the intestine against pathogenic bacteria.
Medical Xpress / Eight or more drinks per week linked to signs of injury in the brain
Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problems, according ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists propose a targeted lysosomal dysfunction approach for glioblastoma treatment
Researchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in Nature Communications on how the targeted suppression of lysosome function may lead to brain cancer therapy.
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Study shows promise for treating progressive multiple sclerosis
New research led by a St. Michael's Hospital clinician-scientist and published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that a therapy called Tolebrutinib could reduce disability progression in people with non-relapsing ...
Medical Xpress / Rapid growth of blood cancer driven by a single genetic 'hit'
A new study has unveiled when chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, arises in life and how fast it grows. Researchers reveal explosive growth rates of cancerous cells years before ...
Medical Xpress / Incarcerated individuals report significantly higher rates of mental health diagnoses than other community members
A new national epidemiological survey provides a demographic and diagnostic picture of people living with mental ill health in prison, those with criminal legal involvement in the last year, and those with no criminal legal ...
Medical Xpress / How obesity influences brain morphology and cognitive health
With the global prevalence of obesity on the rise, it is crucial to explore the neural mechanisms linked to obesity and its influence on brain and cognitive health. However, the impact of obesity on the brain is complex and ...
Medical Xpress / With risk on the rise, team examines the punishing costs of tuberculosis care across the globe
These are uniquely challenging times in the fight against the enduring and accelerating scourge of tuberculosis (TB)—an airborne illness caused by bacteria that kills more people than any other infectious disease despite ...