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Medical Xpress / A new AI-powered test offers more accurate prediction of breast cancer recurrence risk

A new study published in the journal npj Breast Cancer demonstrates that an artificial intelligence (AI) model offers more accurate predictions of recurrence risk in patients with early-stage breast cancer than the widely ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Maternal postpartum depressive symptoms linked to nearly triple infant mortality risk

Infants born to mothers with depressive symptoms immediately after delivery had a substantially higher risk of dying before their first birthday, according to researchers involved in a Rutgers-led study of more than 414,000 ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Blood test trends may help identify patients at increased risk of cancer

Blood test trends alongside unexplained weight loss can improve triage for cancer testing, according to a study by Brian Nicholson and colleagues from the University of Oxford, UK, published Sept. 17 in the journal PLOS Medicine.

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Review finds inconsistent 'neurodivergence' language may complicate research and patient care

Researchers are warning that inconsistent use of the terms "neurodiversity" and "neurodivergence" in mental health research could obscure important differences between diagnoses and make findings harder to interpret. They ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / The aging brain is not declining. It's adapting, say researchers

The aging brain is often viewed through a lens of cognitive decline, with older adults seen as compensating for their fading memory. New research in Perspectives on Psychological Science challenges that view. Drawing evidence ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Standing heart rates reveal overlap between long COVID and POTS

Dizziness, fatigue, brain fog and a racing heart. They're commonly associated with long COVID, but new Adelaide University research suggests that for some people, these symptoms may also be indications of postural orthostatic ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Women experience less pain during IUD insertion using a new method

A simple method involving local anesthesia in the uterus can reduce pain during IUD insertion, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal JAMA. The method also increased the proportion of ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Tumor profiling reveals enzyme as a candidate target in aggressive brain cancer

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have identified candidate treatment targets and potential prognostic markers for high-grade glioma, an aggressive brain cancer, in children, adolescents ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Early-adult BMI may lower postmenopausal breast cancer risk through breast density

Women with a higher body mass index (BMI) in early adulthood may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer after menopause because of lasting changes in the structure of their breast tissue, according to researchers at ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Trial suggests less frequent colonoscopies may safely follow removal of high-risk polyps

Every year, around 1.9 million people worldwide are diagnosed with bowel cancer. To prevent the disease, many countries have introduced screening programs that enable more polyps to be detected and removed before cancer develops.

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Medical Xpress / Plasticizer exposure during pregnancy linked to increased autism- and ADHD-related symptoms in children

The foundations of brain development are laid during a crucial period of pregnancy, and a common household plasticizer called DEHP may be quietly interfering with this process. Scientists have now found that prenatal exposure ...

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Smooth-gradient fMRI technique could improve brain mapping during behavior

Neuroscientists and medical researchers now have a wide range of imaging techniques to study the brain and its activity. One of the most widely used is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a noninvasive technique ...

Sep 17, 2026