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Medical Xpress / Too heavy for medical care: Over 40% of specialty clinics turn away patients weighing 465 pounds
Patients weighing 450 pounds or more face barriers and discrimination when scheduling or attending doctor visits at subspecialty practices, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Medical Xpress / Walking shapes how people process sound, study suggests
Does walking influence how people process sensory information, like sounds, from the environment? In a new JNeurosci paper, researchers led by Liyu Cao, from Zhejiang University, and Barbara Händel, from University of Würzburg, ...
Medical Xpress / Many older adults—especially Gen X women—show signs of addiction to ultra-processed foods
They were the first generation of Americans to grow up with ultra-processed foods all around them—products typically loaded with extra fat, salt, sugar and flavorings. They were children and young adults at a time when ...
Medical Xpress / Multiple sclerosis does not worsen menopause symptoms, study finds
The largest study of its kind has found menopause is not associated with an increased risk of disability in women with multiple sclerosis (MS). Until now, the impact of reduced sex hormones on women with MS had only been ...
Medical Xpress / Gene linked to rheumatic disease controls cell movement
A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with colleagues from Linköping University, has uncovered the function of a gene called DIORA1 (FAM167A), previously linked to autoimmune rheumatic diseases such as ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic variation linked to chemotherapy-related liver damage in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases
A new international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has identified a genetic factor that may explain why some patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver experience more severe liver damage after chemotherapy.
Medical Xpress / T cell nucleus travels across cell to boost infection-fighting response
The cell nucleus goes a long way during an immune response, both literally and figuratively.
Medical Xpress / Childhood overeating can be a harbinger of later mental health struggles in girls
Girls who overeat regularly in the preschool years are more likely to experience anxiety, impulsivity and hyperactivity in adolescence, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Research ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic adaptation helps Turkana people conserve water in harsh desert climate
Cornell researchers have contributed to a multi-institutional study of how the nomadic Turkana people of northern Kenya—who have lived for thousands of years in extreme desert conditions—evolved to survive, showing humans' ...
Medical Xpress / RSV vaccines are safe and effective, review finds
A new Cochrane review demonstrates that vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are both safe and effective in protecting vulnerable groups that are most at risk of serious illness, including older adults and infants.
Medical Xpress / Two-in-one inhaler cuts childhood asthma attacks by nearly half, study finds
In the first randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of a 2-in-1 inhaler as the sole reliever therapy for children aged 5 to 15, an international team found the combined treatment to be more effective than salbutamol, ...
Medical Xpress / Mediterranean-style diets may still lower cardiovascular risk independent of lean beef intake
National Cattlemen's Beef Association funded research finds that Mediterranean-style eating with lean beef produces less trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) compared with a typical American diet that included the same amount of ...
