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Medical Xpress / How random sounds played while sleeping impair memory formation

For several years now, sleep research has been focusing intensively on the question of whether targeted auditory stimulation during sleep can improve the consolidation of new memories. A research team in Freiburg led by the ...

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Medical Xpress / Both synthetic and organic tampons found to leach hormone-disrupting chemicals, study shows

A study has found some tampons leach low levels of chemicals that disrupt hormones, regardless of whether they are synthetic or organic.

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Medical Xpress / Psilocybin therapy shows potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa in small trial

A small pilot study from the Center for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London indicates that psilocybin—the active ingredient in psychedelic "magic mushrooms"—may have potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa ...

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Medical Xpress / New treatment helps achieve a healthier BMI in people with weight dysregulation after brain tumors

A new therapy helps achieve a healthier BMI in people whose weight has become dysregulated following treatment for a brain tumor, a clinical trial has found. The results of the trial have been published in the New England ...

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Medical Xpress / The smell of dark chocolate could make a leg workout easier, even on an empty stomach

Could the smell of chocolate wafting through the gym make strength training easier, or at least more pleasant? A new Frontiers in Physiology study found that sniffing dark chocolate with a high cocoa content decreased feelings ...

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Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover hormone link between gut and brain in anorexia nervosa

People with anorexia nervosa have unusually high levels of a hormone called LEAP2 in their blood when they are in the acute phase of the disorder, according to research presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience ...

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Medical Xpress / Eight-patient Parkinson's stem cell clinical trial confirms feasibility

A landmark study led by Lund, Sweden, has shown that transplanting stem cell-derived dopamine progenitor cells into the brain is feasible. Eight patients were transplanted in the first clinical trial, and no serious side ...

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Medical Xpress / Researchers expand plasmonic liquid biopsy platform to early-stage colorectal cancer

A research team led by Minyoung Lee and Sunggyu Park of The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) Bio & Health Materials Research Division has developed a plasmonic-based liquid biopsy platform capable of ultrasensitive ...

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Medical Xpress / Data highlight progress toward personalized stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease

Interim clinical findings from the first Phase I/IIa trial using autologous-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived dopamine neuron precursor cells, along with the novel quality-control tools developed to manufacture ...

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Medical Xpress / Most obesity drugs do not improve quality of life or heart health, analysis indicates

Despite substantial weight loss, most obesity drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro do not meaningfully improve quality of life, and few show cardiovascular benefits at one year, according to an analysis of the latest evidence ...

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Medical Xpress / Alcohol drives opposite brain circuit changes in amyloid and tau Alzheimer's models

Alcohol use has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. But new research from Texas A&M University's Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine at Texas A&M Health suggests the relationship between ...

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Medical Xpress / Gut bacteria linked to malnutrition may pass to younger generations

A study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that an intestinal disorder linked to malnutrition and stunted growth may be transmitted from one generation to the next via the ...

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