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Medical Xpress / Aspirin reverses diet-driven depression-like behavior in mice

Depression is among the most common psychiatric disorders, estimated to affect between 280 million and 332 million people worldwide. This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness and hopelessness, low energy, a loss ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / How the heart's 'little brain' helps it function and protects it against stress

For years, scientists have known that the heart has its own network of nerves, the intrinsic cardiac nervous system (ICNS), sometimes called its "little brain." Exactly how it functions has remained something of a mystery, ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Living in a neighborhood with traffic noise may increase Parkinson's disease risk over time

Loud traffic noise has long been recognized as more than just a disturbance; it is a significant public health concern. Prolonged exposure to excessive traffic sounds can contribute to a range of health problems, including ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Drug temporarily reverses autism-like brain changes in adult mice within hours

A new mouse study led by UCLA Health suggests that inflammation during pregnancy can trigger autism-like changes in offspring, but those brain and behavioral effects may be rapidly, though temporarily, reversible in adulthood ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain immunity may undergo a major midlife overhaul linked to neuroinflammation

A new study indicates that the immune cell landscape of the hippocampus, a brain region critical for learning and memory, rapidly undergoes substantial remodeling beginning in midlife. This previously unrecognized shift suggests ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Natural clotting 'switch' may one day reduce reliance on blood thinners to prevent heart attacks and strokes

Cardiovascular conditions such as strokes or heart attacks are among the most common causes of death in Germany. Today, treatment and prevention are primarily based on so-called platelet aggregation inhibitors and anticoagulants—types ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Blurred genome boundaries emerge as a new layer of Alzheimer's biology

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Washington have shed new light on Alzheimer's disease that could point to new ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gut microbiome reveals molecular clues to how quickly our bodies age

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have found that certain gut bacteria are linked to how quickly the body ages, providing new insight into the connection between the gut, health and longevity.

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Overlooked brain protein tied to epilepsy yields first inhibitors in early experiments

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered the first high-resolution structure of NBCn2, a brain protein linked to epilepsy, autism spectrum disorder and other neurological conditions, and developed ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Dormant pigment cells found in vitiligo patches may offer treatment target

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys melanocytes, the cells that produce the skin pigment melanin. Once the melanocytes are gone, the skin turns white, leading to the characteristic ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain cancer map uncovers thousands of hidden targets for personalized immunotherapies

Researchers from the Clinical Neuroscience Consortium (CNC), a collaborative platform jointly established by the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and Queen Mary Hospital, in collaboration with ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Ancient molecule made inside tumors drives immune response, study finds

An ancient molecule that existed long before the circulatory system evolved has been found to support cancer immunotherapy. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan found that complement C3 protein acts inside tumors to ...

Jul 23, 2026