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Medical Xpress / Hospital addiction consultation service initiates and sustains more treatment than usual care, trial finds
Specialized hospital services that aid people with opioid use disorder, regardless of why they are admitted, can boost the number of patients who begin treatment with FDA-approved medication for opioid use disorder and increase ...
Medical Xpress / Brain blood vessel response after stroke mapped, suggesting better treatment outcomes
Every year, millions of people around the world suffer ischemic strokes that block blood flow to a region of the brain. Restoring blood flow rapidly is decisive and can save lives. But paradoxically, it can also lead to further ...
Medical Xpress / New hope for millions: Researchers find key to treating painful dry mouth disorder
Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects millions worldwide, especially women, causing unrelenting dryness of the mouth and eyes. These symptoms severely impact daily life—making it hard to speak, ...
Medical Xpress / Home care cooperatives offer solution to caregiver crisis for the elderly
Home care cooperatives may be the key to alleviating the shortage of paid caregivers for older Americans, a new study suggests. The research, published in JAMA Network Open, found that participants in cooperatives experienced ...
Medical Xpress / Extended loneliness in women triples risk of early death, study shows
New research by experts at the University of Sydney has established for the first time a causal link between loneliness and early mortality among middle-aged Australian women.
Medical Xpress / Diagnostic uncertainty in Parkinson's disease: New study calls for improved diagnostic processes
A new study by the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, found that a significant proportion of Parkinson's disease diagnoses are later corrected. Up to one in six diagnoses changed after 10 years of ...
Medical Xpress / Blocking an enzyme may improve melanoma immunotherapy outcomes
About 65% of melanoma patients do not respond to immunotherapy. New work by the team of Prof. Max Mazzone (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology) discovered that an enzyme called HPGDS (expressed in a specific subset of ...
Medical Xpress / Short activity breaks and HIIT combo boosts heart health in sedentary adults
Short activity breaks throughout the day together with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) every other day can counteract negative changes in heart health associated with a sedentary lifestyle. The study is published ...
Medical Xpress / Medical cannabis could speed recovery, especially at community recovery homes, pilot study indicates
A new pilot study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University examined how medically supervised cannabis use in a residential recovery home may support people in treatment for substance use challenges.
Medical Xpress / Scientists develop device to determine different types of chronic pain
Monash University scientists have developed a new (preclinical) method to distinguish between chronic pain subtypes, such as fibromyalgia and peripheral neuropathy.
Medical Xpress / Obesity severity tied to increased risk across 16 common conditions
Johns Hopkins University-led research has found that obesity, particularly severe obesity, is strongly associated with the incidence of 16 common health outcomes. Associations remained consistent across sex and racial groups. ...
Medical Xpress / Study investigates effects of ADHD medications on the heart
A new study led by the University of Southampton has found that medications for ADHD have overall small effects on blood pressure and heart rate after weeks or a few months of use.