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Medical Xpress / Tiny fiber probe monitors three key biomarkers at once, offering faster patient insight

A new fiber probe developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin delivers two major innovations in health monitoring to help both patients around the world and the clinicians who care for them. The probe can ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Genetic test forecasts chemo response in breast cancer

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that gene analysis of breast cancer tumors can identify patients who do not benefit from chemotherapy given before surgery. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, ...

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Medical Xpress / How red blood cells keep making hemoglobin under stress could reshape anemia treatment

Scientists have long been puzzled by how maturing red blood cells manage to produce all the hemoglobin they need to carry oxygen to tissues, even after shedding the vital structures they need to produce it.

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Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods damage your focus even if you eat healthily

New research from Monash University, the University of São Paulo and Deakin University shows that a diet high in heavily processed foods can negatively impact the brain's ability to focus and increases the risk of developing ...

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Medical Xpress / Blood vessels in fat tissue may help drive obesity and type 2 diabetes

Adipose tissue is far more important for our health than many may realize. It does not merely function as an energy store, but as an active tissue that continuously communicates with the rest of the body. This communication ...

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Medical Xpress / Paxlovid looked like a COVID game-changer, but in vaccinated adults the real story is far more complicated

The results of two clinical trials—led by the Upstream Lab at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and Oxford University, published in the New England Journal of Medicine—provide new evidence to consider when funding, prescribing, ...

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Medical Xpress / Continuous glucose monitors improve blood sugar control in type 2 diabetes trial

A major clinical trial has found that real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) significantly improves blood glucose management in adults living with type 2 diabetes who are treated with basal insulin.

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Medical Xpress / Disrupted gut microbes may weaken lung defenses against deadly hospital pneumonia

A gut-lung connection influences susceptibility to infection by Acinetobacter baumannii, a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections, according to a new study led by researchers at Vanderbilt Health and the University ...

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Medical Xpress / Genetic clues in 3,000 Indians reveal new lipid routes to cardiometabolic disease

A study conducted in an Indian population has identified new molecular pathways that contribute to cardiovascular disease, which had not been reported previously in studies of Europeans. Dharambir Sanghera of the University ...

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Medical Xpress / Severe obesity may weaken heart muscle in common heart failure, but weight loss could help

In a new research report, a team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins Medicine say people with severe obesity and a common type of heart failure experience weakened heart muscles, and that losing weight may reverse some of ...

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Medical Xpress / New cellular target prevents hepatitis E infection

An international team of researchers has identified a promising new approach for treating infections with the Hepatitis E virus (HEV). At the center of the study is the drug Apilimod, which specifically blocks the entry of ...

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Medical Xpress / Long-acting HIV shots appeal to many but uptake remains low

When it comes to HIV medication, many patients think they'd prefer an occasional injection over a daily pill, but uptake remains an issue, according to a Rutgers Health-led survey. When researchers surveyed 801 people living ...

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