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Medical Xpress / Mediterranean-style diets may still lower cardiovascular risk independent of lean beef intake
National Cattlemen's Beef Association funded research finds that Mediterranean-style eating with lean beef produces less trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) compared with a typical American diet that included the same amount of ...
Medical Xpress / Inactive H5N1 influenza virus in pasteurized milk poses minimal health risks
Proteins and genetic material from H5N1 influenza viruses have been found in pasteurized milk in the United States, but a study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital shows those inactive viral pieces represent little ...
Medical Xpress / Mediterranean diet leads to 75% symptom reduction in patients with mild to moderate psoriasis
Over 60 million people worldwide are affected by psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disorder that causes red, scaly patches and persistent itching. A new study has found that following a Mediterranean diet—rich in plant-based ...
Medical Xpress / Optic nerve added to multiple sclerosis criteria in major diagnostic update
The International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials led a multinational panel updating the McDonald criteria, adding the optic nerve as a fifth anatomical location and allowing specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...
Medical Xpress / Origins of the 'Ostrich Effect': Researchers pinpoint the age we start avoiding information—even when it's helpful
In a world of information overload, it can feel soothing to stick your head in the sand.
Medical Xpress / A natural compound against stroke? Psychoactive agent protects brain vessels and reduces inflammation
DMT, or dimethyltryptamine, is a natural psychoactive molecule found in many plants and mammals. According to an article published in Science Advances, researchers from the HUN-REN BRC Institute of Biophysics and Semmelweis ...
Medical Xpress / When mom and dad's DNA don't match up, the embryo finds a way
When a sperm meets an egg, a lot has to go right for an embryo to develop into a complete organism. One critical step of early development is the reorganization of parental DNA to form a new unified genome, before the embryo ...
Medical Xpress / AI and optogenetics enable precise Parkinson's diagnosis and treatment in mice
Globally recognized figures Muhammad Ali and Michael J. Fox have long suffered from Parkinson's disease. The disease presents a complex set of motor symptoms, including tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability. ...
Medical Xpress / How a single protein rewires leukemia cells to fuel their growth
Cancer cells are relentless in their quest to grow and divide, often rewiring their metabolism and modifying RNA to stay one step ahead. Now, researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified ...
Medical Xpress / Novel treatment is first to target underlying cause of rare kidney condition called C3G
Newcastle researchers have revealed the first treatment to target the underlying cause of a rare kidney condition called "C3G" and prevent the disease progressing.
Medical Xpress / In-home gun homicides of children has more than doubled since 2010: Study
Nearly one-quarter of child and adolescent victims of firearm homicide were killed in their own homes from 2020-2021, including nearly two-thirds of child victims aged 12 and under, UCLA-led research finds.
Medical Xpress / Scientists launch world's most comprehensive human virus protein database
Harnessing the power of AI, a research team at the MRC-University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research has launched Viro3D—the most comprehensive database of human and animal virus protein structure predictions in the world.
