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Medical Xpress / Cocoa extract fails to prevent age-related vision loss, clinical trial finds
Brigham and Women's Hospital-led research reports no significant long-term benefit of cocoa flavanol supplementation in preventing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The paper is published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology.
Medical Xpress / Western diet causes inflammation while traditional African foods protect, new study finds
A new study shows that a switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases. ...
Medical Xpress / Study exposes huge levels of untargeted antibiotic prescribing
Doctors are prescribing antibiotics for tens of thousands of patients with infections, with little or no consideration of prognosis and the risk of the infection worsening, according to a new study led by University of Manchester ...
Medical Xpress / Finding their way: GPS ignites independence in older adult drivers
GPS tech may empower older adults to be more adventurous on the road, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health by Sol Morrissey from the University of East Anglia and colleagues.
Medical Xpress / Study helps explain how laughing gas could fight treatment-resistant depression
Although a plethora of medications and therapies now exist for major depression, roughly one in three diagnosed patients still suffer from treatment-resistant depression (TRD)—a form of the disorder that does not respond ...
Medical Xpress / Female hormones can stimulate immune cells to make opioids that naturally suppress pain
Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic pain. Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, ...
Medical Xpress / Gut microbiome therapy may delay onset of type 1 diabetes, study finds
Researchers at the University of Queensland have found that improving the function of the gut microbiome may delay the onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D). The study was published in Nature Communications.
Medical Xpress / A failed fragile X syndrome drug can reduce cocaine use, clinical trial finds
A team of pharmaceutical researchers at Novartis Biomedical Research, working with an international team of associates, has found that the drug mavoglurant can reduce use in people with cocaine use disorder. In their study, ...
Medical Xpress / Powerful new software platform could reshape biomedical research by making data analysis more accessible
A powerful new software platform called the Playbook Workflow Builder is set to transform biomedical research by allowing scientists to conduct complex and customized data analyses without advanced programming skills.
Medical Xpress / Researchers develop nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine
The State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the InnoHK Center for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics (CVVT) have pioneered an influenza virus vector-based nasal spray ...
Medical Xpress / A new targeted approach could protect neurons against degeneration
Neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's involve progressive neuronal loss due to disease-induced damage. An enzyme known as dual leucine-zipper kinase (DLK) plays a key role in this process, ...
Medical Xpress / Novel vaccine concept tackles harmful bacteria in the intestine
The issue of intestinal bacteria is a complex one. On the one hand, people are dependent on the microorganisms because they are the ones that digest the food. On the other hand, there are also numerous pathogens present among ...