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Medical Xpress / Preventing lung disease in preterm babies: Intratracheal steroids show no benefit
A multicenter clinical trial has found that intratracheal steroids do not reduce the risk of lung disease or death in extremely preterm infants, according to a study published in JAMA.
Medical Xpress / Trial evaluates a vitamin B3 derivative in people with long COVID
Millions of people worldwide continue to experience lingering symptoms after COVID-19, a condition known as long COVID. These symptoms can affect people of all ages and often include neurological issues such as "brain fog," ...
Medical Xpress / How painkillers can contribute to anemia in cancer patients
Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center and the University of Freiburg show how certain painkillers influence the iron metabolism of liver cancer cells and can thus contribute to iron deficiency and anemia in cancer ...
Medical Xpress / High disease burden found among at-risk Medicaid beneficiaries
Over 40% of the 5 million people at risk of losing Medicaid coverage due to new eligibility requirements have at least three chronic health conditions, and older adults are especially vulnerable, a new JAMA study shows.
Medical Xpress / New drug offers hope to bladder cancer patients
Imagine a targeted approach to bladder cancer that spares healthy cells while delivering chemotherapy directly to cancerous ones, offering hope for patients with advanced stages of the disease.
Medical Xpress / Recent studies prove the ancient practice of nasal irrigation is effective at fighting the common cold
It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat. Then, a sneeze. Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days.
Medical Xpress / Supercomputer simulation is changing how we study the brain
Harnessing the muscle of one of the world's fastest supercomputers, researchers have built one of the largest and most detailed biophysically realistic brain simulations of an animal ever.
Medical Xpress / Reaching the unreachable: Endoscopy technique opens route to deep lung tumors
Researchers at the University of Osaka have engineered a novel technique, balloon-assisted bronchoscope delivery (BDBD), to guide endoscopes to small, early-stage lung cancers hidden deep within the periphery of the lungs.
Medical Xpress / What polymers can teach us about curing Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have applied ideas from polymer physics to illuminate the mechanism behind a key pathology in Alzheimer's disease, the formation of fibrils of tau proteins. They showed that ...
Medical Xpress / Early morning practices linked to less and lower-quality sleep in college athletes
A study using more than 27,000 sleep records of collegiate athletes provides the best evidence to date that early morning team practices take a toll on healthy sleep.
Medical Xpress / One of the world's oldest blood pressure drugs may also halt aggressive brain tumor growth
A Penn-led team has revealed how hydralazine, one of the world's oldest blood pressure drugs and a mainstay treatment for preeclampsia, works at the molecular level. In doing so, they made a surprising discovery—it can ...
Medical Xpress / From body fat to bone, experiment offers hope for 'gentle' repair of fractures
Japanese researchers are testing a surprising, minimally invasive way to repair spine fractures.
