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Medical Xpress / Rising heat could triple heart disease burden in U.S. by 2050
A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center predicts rising temperatures driven by climate change will dramatically increase heat-related ...
Medical Xpress / Brain maps reveal first lifetime white matter growth charts from birth to 100
In a new study published recently in the journal Nature, researchers at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Health have created the first growth charts for white matter in the brain over a human lifetime. The work brings ...
Medical Xpress / Young adults are more perfectionistic than ever before, study finds
College students feel more pressure to be perfect than they did a generation ago, finds research published in Psychological Bulletin. That increase in perfectionism may be tied to social and economic factors such as rising ...
Medical Xpress / 'Toxic' molecule may play vital role in gene regulation and development
A molecule once thought to be a harmful metabolic byproduct may play a crucial role in early development and gene regulation, according to a new study published in Nature that challenges decades of biochemical assumptions. ...
Medical Xpress / Immune 'energy signature' linked to tuberculosis may explain why some individuals control infection
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have identified key differences in how immune cells generate and use energy, a process known as cellular metabolism, in people with latent versus active tuberculosis (TB). The findings ...
Medical Xpress / Depression may not only be a consequence, but also a cause of rheumatoid arthritis
According to researchers at Semmelweis University, not only inflammation, but also sleep disorders, depression, obesity, and smoking may sustain persistent rheumatic symptoms. In their publications in the journals Nature ...
Medical Xpress / Do lying children grow up to be criminals? Mostly not, but persistent patterns may signal later risk
Most childhood lying does not lead to serious problems in adulthood, and only certain kinds of lying behavior are associated with later psychological or legal issues, a new study has found.
Medical Xpress / Psychiatric 'gold standard' falters as repeat interviews yield different diagnoses
Diagnostic interviews are widely used by mental health professionals to identify conditions such as anxiety, bipolar disorder and depression in adults, but new research led by McMaster University shows that the long considered ...
Medical Xpress / Cannabis use does not lower testosterone, study concludes
The effects of cannabis on the hormonal system and male fertility remain controversial within the scientific community. A study conducted by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with the Swiss Center for Applied ...
Medical Xpress / Gut microbe found to worsen sepsis by triggering hyperinflammatory immune responses
Why do some people recover easily from bacterial infections while others rapidly deteriorate into life-threatening sepsis? According to a new study published in Nature Communications, the answer may lie not only in the invading ...
Medical Xpress / AI-powered atlas reveals new insights into tertiary lymphoid structures as prognostic and response biomarkers in cancer
In a study published in Science, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a spatial atlas of specialized immune structures, called tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs), across multiple ...
Medical Xpress / Ocrelizumab cuts disability progression in primary progressive MS trial
A major international Phase III clinical trial, led by Queen Mary University of London, has found that ocrelizumab—a medication already prescribed to some patients with MS—significantly slows disability progression in people ...
