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Medical Xpress / Scientists unlock gut-healing power of fruits and nuts paired with the right gut microbes
University of Louisville researchers have discovered how a naturally occurring microbial compound may help protect the gut and support future treatment strategies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Medical Xpress / Exposure to bright evening light linked to higher risk of age-related eye disease
Every sunrise and sunset sends the body a signal, keeping the circadian clock running on a roughly 24-hour cycle. This clock evolved so organisms could adapt to Earth's daily rotation, syncing their biology to the pattern ...
Medical Xpress / New oral GLP-1 drug delivers up to 12% weight loss in 36 weeks
A new strategy for delivering GLP-1 drugs to patients with obesity or who were overweight resulted in up to a 12% reduction in body weight after 36 weeks, according to a randomized phase II clinical trial published in Nature ...
Medical Xpress / AI system detects sudden cardiac death risk, identifying thousands more patients annually
Each year in the U.S., more than 300,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart's electrical system malfunctions without warning. The medical emergency can kill both high-risk older adults and ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cell–fibroblast crosstalk may be the key trigger of autoimmune diseases
In autoimmune disorders, immune cells targeting "self" proteins are mistakenly activated, resulting in abnormal expansion and responsiveness. These disorders are known to reduce patients' quality of life over a prolonged ...
Medical Xpress / Bandage-like device delivers hydrogen sulfide to wounds, boosting blood flow where healing stalls
For most people, a blister or small cut is an inconvenience. For others, it can become something much more serious.
Medical Xpress / How high cholesterol dismantles the liver's defenses—and how a new drug could combat it
Cholesterol-related heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, and while doctors have more tools than ever to treat it, many patients still can't achieve safe cholesterol levels or can't tolerate the side ...
Dialog / How AI could help doctors monitor children born with common congenital heart defect
Every echocardiogram is a moving story. For a baby born with a complex heart condition, the gray and black images on the ultrasound screen can influence some of the earliest and most important decisions a medical team makes: ...
Medical Xpress / Silk sticker is noninvasive way to monitor babies' health
In the neonatal intensive care unit, the most fragile patients in medicine are often the most heavily wired. Premature babies, some weighing less than a pound, can be tethered to a tangle of cables, monitors and sensors. ...
Medical Xpress / Gut-homing antibodies help protect against norovirus, paving path for new vaccines, therapies
As the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis worldwide, norovirus is an all too familiar ailment. Its telltale digestive upset—not to mention its reputation for being notoriously contagious—has earned it the nicknames "winter ...
Medical Xpress / Genomic tool highly effective at detecting rare disease diagnoses
A newly developed open-source tool designed for rigorous reanalysis of genomic data is highly effective at detecting new rare disease diagnoses. The tool's ability to frequently and automatically reexamine stored DNA data ...
Medical Xpress / Robust colorectal cancer signature identified in large-scale microbiome study
Researchers have long suspected that the gut microbiome—the community of bacteria and other microorganisms living in the intestine—is closely linked to colorectal cancer. In a new study published in Cell Host & Microbe, an ...
