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Medical Xpress / Study shows vaccine protection against Salmonella Paratyphi A infection
An Oxford-led study has demonstrated that an oral live-attenuated vaccine, CVD 1902, provided significant protection against S. Paratyphi A infection in healthy adults using a controlled human infection model, without any ...
Medical Xpress / Texts may be as effective as live video for depression therapy
Text-based psychotherapy can be as effective as live video sessions for patients being treated for depression, new research suggests.
Medical Xpress / Blocking a key protein can double yield and increase potency of muscle-regenerating cells
If cancer is a disease of overabundance, where cells divide without restraint and tumors grow despite the body's best interests, then degenerative diseases are disorders of deprivation. When malfunctions occur in the biological ...
Medical Xpress / Immature brain-supporting cells switch fate to restore blood flow after stroke
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, affecting 1 in 4 people during their lifetime. Stroke happens when blood vessels in the brain get clogged or damaged, impairing blood flow and oxygen supply to the brain, ...
Medical Xpress / Rapid blood pressure fluctuations linked to early signs of brain degeneration in older adults
Even when blood pressure is well controlled, older adults whose blood pressure fluctuates widely from one heartbeat to the next may be at greater risk for brain shrinkage and nerve cell injury, according to a new study led ...
Medical Xpress / Limb salvage therapy shows lasting success for severe artery disease patients
An update in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins (TADV) using the LimFlow System is a reliable and long-lasting therapy helping patients with chronic limb-threatening ...
Medical Xpress / Molecular profiling of renal medullary carcinoma identifies TROP2 as a promising therapeutic target
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, in collaboration with BostonGene, conducted the largest and most comprehensive molecular analysis of renal medullary carcinoma (RMC), a rare and aggressive ...
Medical Xpress / Researcher provides new hope in managing diabetic ketoacidosis
A researcher at the University of Houston finds management of diabetic ketoacidosis may center around reducing ketone levels in diabetic patients and increasing exercise capacity for better health outcomes. That could be ...
Medical Xpress / Oxytocin helps synchronize heartbeat and breathing, newly uncovered neural pathway suggests
When humans and other animals are in a calm state, they tend to breathe slower, and their heartbeat also slows down. Contrarily, when they are exercising or under psychological stress, both their breath and heartbeat tend ...
Medical Xpress / A newly-discovered mechanism could contribute to the therapeutic effects of deep brain stimulation
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure that entails the delivery of high-frequency electrical impulses to specific regions of the brain, via surgically implanted electrodes. While it requires an invasive surgical ...
Medical Xpress / Swedish study links temperature extremes to higher death risk in heart failure
A multi-institution research effort led by Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health's Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment reports that short-term exposure to both low and high ambient temperatures was ...
Medical Xpress / Bioinformatics uncovers regenerative therapy for spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains a major unmet medical challenge, often resulting in permanent paralysis and disability with no effective treatments. Now, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine ...
