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Medical Xpress / How federally funded research has helped create life-changing medicines
Gleevec, a cancer drug first approved for sale in 2001, has dramatically changed the lives of people with chronic myeloid leukemia. This form of cancer was once regarded as very difficult to combat, but survival rates of ...
Medical Xpress / International health care workers report on war-related injuries among civilians in Gaza
A British-led study published in The BMJ provides detailed data on the pattern and severity of traumatic injuries and medical conditions seen by international health care workers deployed to Gaza during the ongoing military ...
Medical Xpress / Storms claim young lives: Cyclones tied to 850,000 child deaths in 20 years
Tropical cyclones pose an important risk of death for children under five in low- and middle-income countries, reports a new study led by Renjie Chen of Fudan University, China, published in PLOS Medicine.
Medical Xpress / Childbirth linked to increased depression and psychosis but lower suicide risk in mothers
Depression and psychosis are more common in women after childbirth than before, but the risk of suicide attempts decreases. This is shown by two new studies from Karolinska Institutet. The results suggest that national guidelines ...
Medical Xpress / Adding a lookup step makes AI better at assigning medical diagnosis codes
A new study by researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System suggests that a simple tweak to how artificial intelligence (AI) assigns diagnostic codes could significantly improve accuracy, even outperforming physicians. The ...
Medical Xpress / Mucus contains molecules that block Salmonella infection, study reveals
Mucus is more than just a sticky substance: It contains a wealth of powerful molecules called mucins that help to tame microbes and prevent infection. In a new study, MIT researchers have identified mucins that defend against ...
Medical Xpress / Diet and medication combo interrupts growth of aggressive childhood neuroblastoma tumors, study finds
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that combining a specialized diet with an approved medication interrupts the growth of high-risk neuroblastoma, a deadly pediatric cancer, by reprogramming tumor ...
Medical Xpress / How lymphatic endothelial cells help the body remember infections
A study published in Nature Communications describes how lymphatic endothelial cells assist in generating robust immune memory, offering new insights into how the immune system functions.
Medical Xpress / Brain activity grows increasingly variable during development before stabilizing in adolescence, study shows
Fluctuations in brain activity, also known as neural variability, enable us to be flexible in adjusting our behavior to the current situation. A new study shows that neural variability increases throughout development before ...
Medical Xpress / AI system for rapid annotation of medical images could accelerate clinical research
Annotating regions of interest in medical images, a process known as segmentation, is often one of the first steps clinical researchers take when running a new study involving biomedical images.
Medical Xpress / Survival rates rise for extremely premature infants as active treatment increases
Building on her previous research into maternal and infant health during pregnancy and after birth, epidemiology associate professor Nansi Boghossian has published new findings in JAMA.
Medical Xpress / Study links early life epigenetic memory to adult brain inflammation
Why do some people remain healthy through childhood yet become more vulnerable to brain disorders such as dementia later in life? A KAIST-led team has uncovered a key part of the answer: a developmental "switch" in astrocytes—the ...
