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Medical Xpress / Discovery could help prevent cancer drug resistance before it starts

Cancer cells are quick to develop resistance to anti-tumor drugs. New research by scientists from the University of California, Davis, shows how cancers adapt to evade a class of anti-tumor drugs called BET inhibitors and ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Could creatine help depression? What five clinical trials show so far

Could the same supplement many people take to build muscle also help treat depression?

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Study identifies new brain targets for individualized epilepsy treatment

Mayo Clinic researchers have created a detailed map of the pulvinar, a deep brain region that could help doctors more precisely target brain stimulation therapies for people with drug-resistant epilepsy.

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Medical Xpress / Fatty liver drives a more dangerous form of colorectal cancer spread, study reveals

Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven, with international partners, have uncovered how fatty liver disease can fuel the most aggressive form of metastatic colorectal cancer. The findings, which appear in the journal Nature, not ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 drugs outperform SGLT-2 drugs for patients with Afib and type 2 diabetes

Individuals with atrial fibrillation (Afib), or irregular heart rhythm, are at increased risk of stroke, chronic kidney disease and heart failure. These risks are significantly exacerbated if a type 2 diabetes diagnosis is ...

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Medical Xpress / Psychedelics not yet ready for clinical use in ADHD treatment, study finds

In recent years, there has been growing interest among adults with ADHD in the practice of microdosing classic psychedelics such as psilocybin and LSD. The internet is full of personal accounts describing improved concentration, ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Many treatments help chronic back pain, but only in the short term

A large-scale analysis by an international research team, led by Bochum University of Applied Sciences, shows that nonsurgical treatments such as massage, exercise therapy or acupuncture for chronic back pain can alleviate ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Malaria vaccine quest narrows as shared parasite targets emerge in liver

Scientists have identified targets on the malaria-causing parasite that could be key to developing a universal vaccine against one of humankind's oldest and deadliest diseases. Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University ...

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Medical Xpress / DNA damage can trigger neurons to self-destruct

Over the past decade, researchers at WashU Medicine have established that a molecule called SARM1 is a central trigger in the loss of axons, the vital wiring of the nervous system. Axon loss is characteristic of many neurodegenerative ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AI turns mouse movements into language-like tokens, uncovering autism-related social behavior patterns

An artificial intelligence model capable of reading and interpreting animal behavior like language has been developed by researchers at KAIST. The team created an AI model that learns behavioral data in a manner similar to ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / One gene, two diseases: Study reveals opposing dementia and cancer risks

Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have uncovered evidence that a single genetic variant may influence the risk of two of the diseases people fear most—dementia and cancer—but in opposite ...

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Medical Xpress / Alzheimer's biomarkers may forecast dementia progression in people 80 and older

Cognitive decline in very old adults has been considered for decades to be an almost inevitable consequence of aging. In clinical practice, this has contributed to many memory problems in patients over age 80 being interpreted ...

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