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Medical Xpress / Machine learning personalizes depression treatment with the help of wearable technology

More than 21% of U.S. adults experience depression, greatly impacting their quality of life. Many people with mild-to-moderate depression can improve their symptoms by adjusting daily habits like sleep, exercise, diet and ...

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Medical Xpress / Novel combination therapy could reduce leukemia relapse rate, extending window for bone marrow transplants

A research team from the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has developed a novel combination therapy that significantly improves treatment ...

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Medical Xpress / Data-driven biomaterials steer pancreatic cancer organoids into new cell states

Understanding and controlling how cancer cells transition between different states remains a critical challenge in tumor biology. In a recent publication in Advanced Materials, a team from the Leibniz Institute of Polymer ...

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Medical Xpress / Early detection of type 1 diabetes in children is feasible from routine pediatric care

For ten years, the Fr1da study, coordinated by Helmholtz Munich, has been investigating whether early stages of type 1 diabetes in children can be detected in routine pediatric care. The latest evaluation shows that the screening ...

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Gut bacteria linked to immunotherapy success in melanoma patients

Researchers at The George Washington University, working with Weill Cornell Medicine, have identified specific gut bacteria linked to better responses to cancer immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma. The study ...

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Medical Xpress / High prevalence of hantavirus in some areas of the Pacific Northwest

The Sin Nombre virus—a hantavirus that can cause a deadly respiratory disease in humans—may be more widespread among rodent populations in parts of the Pacific Northwest than previously recognized. A recent study conducted ...

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Medical Xpress / Wearable knee robot could help children with muscle weakness

A lightweight robotic device that facilitates neuromuscular recovery in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), helping them to stand unassisted, is published in Nature this week. Improved function persists after discontinuing ...

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Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover protein that could help failing hearts

Researchers have identified a key protein that may help failing hearts regain function, offering new insight into why some hearts recover while others do not. The discovery comes from studying patients treated with left ventricular ...

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Medical Xpress / What you eat as a teenager may shape food choices later in life

New research from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute suggests that an unhealthy diet during adolescence could have long-lasting effects on how the brain makes decisions about food—even after returning to a healthy ...

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Medical Xpress / Working up a sweat: How sweat patterns change as girls get older

Researchers have worked out how girls' sweating patterns change as they grow, establishing that the age of 14 is a critical turning point. Their findings can inform better sportswear designs for teenagers, and be used to ...

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Medical Xpress / Gestational diabetes increases risk of type 2 diabetes—even at normal weight

Gestational diabetes is a special type of diabetes that can affect pregnant women. The condition is defined as elevated blood sugar levels, without previously known diabetes. Treatment involves self-monitoring of blood sugar, ...

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Medical Xpress / Stem cells at the root of tooth aging point to possible treatment

With age, teeth get increasingly brittle and susceptible to damage from tooth decay, which can eventually lead to tooth loss. Teeth have an intrinsic capability to regenerate, a process that is driven by dental pulp stem ...

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