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Medical Xpress / Children with chronic conditions may face higher risk of food insecurity, study suggests
Food insecurity is more common among children with a chronic medical condition than those without one, a new study suggests.
Medical Xpress / Theoretical model uses neuroimaging data to link brain alterations to schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and atypical movement or speech patterns. This psychiatric condition can be highly debilitating, and diagnosed ...
Medical Xpress / Polyunsaturated fatty acid therapy reverses age-related vision decline in mice
Changes in vision are often a common sign of aging. But what if we could reverse age-related visual decline? In a new study, UC Irvine researchers explore a possible therapy for addressing "aging" in the eye and for preventing ...
Medical Xpress / The finely-tuned act of forgetting: Dopamine may also play key role in memory loss
In a discovery that could reshape how we think about memory, researchers at Flinders University have found that forgetting is not just a glitch in the brain but is actually a finely-tuned process, and dopamine is the key.
Medical Xpress / New protein interaction map sheds light on how brain cell communication breaks down in Alzheimer's disease
A new study led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers one of the most comprehensive views yet of how brain cells interact in Alzheimer's disease, mapping protein networks that reveal communication failures ...
Medical Xpress / In quest for better NSAIDs, researchers decouple inflammation from pain
Scientists at the NYU Pain Research Center have identified which receptor in prostaglandins—the hormone-like substance targeted by common painkillers—causes pain but not inflammation. The findings, published in the journal ...
Medical Xpress / Childhood stress strongly linked to chronic disease in adulthood, researchers report
Research published by Duke University researchers has found a strong link between higher stress in children and adverse health conditions for them later in life. Appearing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Medical Xpress / Unique pan-cancer immunotherapy destroys tumors without attacking healthy tissue
A new, highly potent class of immunotherapeutics with unique Velcro-like binding properties can kill diverse cancer types without harming normal tissue, University of California, Irvine cancer researchers have demonstrated.
Medical Xpress / Brain imaging method reveals hidden vascular changes with aging
Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a brain imaging technique that reveals how tiny blood vessels in the brain ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic model reveals a form of calcium release is unnecessary for normal muscle contraction
The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) through the ryanodine receptor type 1 (RyR1) has remained ...
Medical Xpress / Study maps how Down syndrome biology changes with age
In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) at the University of Colorado Anschutz discovered important differences in the physiological ...
Medical Xpress / While it may go unnoticed, loss of smell may linger for years after COVID-19
People who suspect that their sense of smell has been dulled after a bout of COVID-19 are likely correct, a new study using an objective, 40-odor test shows. Even those who do not notice any olfactory issues may be impaired.
