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Medical Xpress / AI tool may spot ADHD years before children are diagnosed
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects millions of children, yet many go years without a diagnosis, missing the chance for early support that can change long-term outcomes even when early signs are present. ...
Medical Xpress / Memory breaks old divide as brains track details and patterns simultaneously
Our memory records details and detects patterns in everyday life—often without us even realizing it. Researchers at Lund University have for the first time succeeded in showing that the brain does both these things simultaneously ...
Medical Xpress / Obesity leaves a lasting memory in immune cells, 10-year study shows
People who live with obesity are "tagging" a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system—leaving people with ongoing risk of obesity-related conditions years after losing weight, according to a 10-year-long ...
Medical Xpress / Group averages obscure how an individual's brain controls behavior, study finds
Studying cognition by averaging data from many people's brain scans hides how individuals use their brains, new Stanford Medicine research has shown. In particular, children who struggle with goal-oriented tasks show distinct ...
Medical Xpress / Why epithelial cancer is more aggressive in some tissues
A team led by scientists from the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool have revealed why a group of cancers common in older adults exposed to environmental damage behaves so differently depending on where they develop ...
Medical Xpress / Say Cheese3D: A new model can help track facial expressions
Love, pain, joy, fear, desire: the full spectrum of emotion resides in facial expression. We grasp this almost intuitively. However, we still lack a quantifiable understanding of the nuanced relationship between the face ...
Medical Xpress / Key protein in the inflammatory response to infections identified
Whenever there is a wound or infection, the body produces an inflammatory response. This is the body's first line of defense, and macrophages—cells of the innate immune system—play a key role: first, they help eliminate pathogens ...
Medical Xpress / Battery-free airway device could spot stent complications early through remote monitoring
Vanderbilt researchers led by Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, have developed a novel device that can be used remotely to continuously monitor the airway stents of patients with diseases like ...
Medical Xpress / 'Forever chemicals' may be linked to childhood leukemia
Early exposure to PFAS, a group of widely used compounds known as "forever chemicals," was associated with a higher risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, according to University of California, ...
Medical Xpress / New study suggests reduced newborn hepatitis B vaccination coverage may increase infant infections
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection acquired at birth or during early infancy can lead to lifelong health complications, including chronic liver disease. Despite longstanding recommendations for prenatal screening, an estimated ...
Medical Xpress / Inside lungs, tumor position reveals immune shifts missed by other models
Researchers at VIB and VUB have developed a powerful new way to study how the immune system behaves inside lung tumors. By combining a patient-relevant mouse model with single-cell technologies, the team provides one of the ...
Medical Xpress / Symptom-based approach treats opioid withdrawal in newborns with minimal drug exposure
A clinical study shows that a symptom-based treatment for babies with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)—a highly prevalent condition wherein opioid exposure during pregnancy leads to withdrawal after birth—could ...
