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Medical Xpress / 'Polypill' for heart failure cuts hospitalizations and ER visits by 60% in trial

A "polypill" combining three medications recommended to treat heart failure into a single daily dose proved far more effective for patients than taking the drugs separately, a randomized clinical trial led by UT Southwestern ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Biomarker-matched drug combos shrink treatment-resistant melanoma in preclinical models

A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified a way to tailor drug combinations based on specific tumor biology to improve outcomes for treatment-resistant advanced melanoma.

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Inhaled analgesia is as effective as morphine for early pain relief, study shows

Treating pain while in the field can be very demanding. Researchers have finally identified an effective alternative for providing pain relief during the earliest phase of prehospital care, when establishing intravenous access ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / COVID's lingering shadow faded after omicron—but not for everyone

Six years after the world first learned of COVID-19, the pandemic has faded into an unpleasant memory for many. For others, however, it never fully ended. A long-term study by Hiroshima University has found that while lingering ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Dementia-causing substance turns into a therapeutic 'switch' with new Alzheimer's drug strategy

A substance that worsens dementia has become a "switch" that initiates treatment. KAIST researchers have developed a new therapeutic approach that uses hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), a reactive oxygen species that damages cells ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / BCG vaccine may rewire brain immunity, shift Alzheimer's markers over 12 months

New research led by Mass General Brigham investigators suggests that the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine—which is delivered through the skin to prevent tuberculosis—may remodel the human brain's immune environment, ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Dynamic protein behavior drives blood-brain barrier specialization, study reveals

A study led by researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), in collaboration with the Proteomics Platform of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), has uncovered a key mechanism ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Stem cell scientists engineer 'synthetic organizer' cells to improve kidney organoids

In a study published in Science, USC researchers paired a biological discovery with an engineering feat to create more faithful, reproducible lab-grown kidney structures from stem cells, known as organoids.

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Parkinson's patients undergoing deep brain stimulation show little to no cortical Lewy pathology

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) show little to no Lewy pathology in the prefrontal cortex at the time of ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Psychological stress alters gut microbes and ages blood stem cells, mouse study suggests

Psychological stress is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for certain health conditions, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, especially when paired with an impaired immune response. In a study in Cell Stem ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Ultra-small magnetoelectric antenna could unlock new generation of implantable devices

A breakthrough in biomedical engineering could help pave the way for tiny implantable devices capable of diagnosing, monitoring and treating a wide range of health conditions. An international team of researchers led by the ...

Jul 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cancer also knows how to wait: Study uncovers the hidden step between mutation and tumor biomass appearance

The development of cancer is not a process triggered immediately by the emergence of an oncogenic mutation. There is growing evidence for the existence of an intermediate phase—hitherto poorly defined—in which mutated cells ...

Jul 2, 2026