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Medical Xpress / Physical activity improves work ability: Study shows lifelong influence from childhood to the end of career

A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä shows that regular leisure-time physical activity started at a young age prevents a decrease in work ability at the end of a career. The result is societally significant, ...

Mar 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Fracture risk calculator can identify more patients who could benefit from parathyroid surgery

A widely used fracture risk calculator may help guide surgical decisions to treat patients with an endocrine disorder called primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) that causes progressive bone loss, according to a study led by ...

Mar 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Machine learning could help predict how people with depression respond to treatment

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have found that a machine learning model could help clinicians predict which people with depression are more likely to improve with digital cognitive behavioral therapy compared to antidepressant ...

Mar 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Early clinical results deliver encouraging milestone for malaria drug candidate

Findings from two early clinical studies suggest a new dual-action antimalarial drug candidate is well tolerated in humans. The first-in-class clinical candidate, MK7602, is being developed by WEHI and global biopharmaceutical ...

Mar 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why 4 in 10 children in Papua New Guinea miss vaccinations

Four in ten children in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain Province (ENBP) received no vaccinations in 2023, and new research has revealed why. The study led by Burnet Institute found most caregivers strongly support vaccinating ...

Mar 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Listening in on the brain's electrical conversations with better tools

The human brain contains more connections between neurons than there are stars in the Milky Way. Decoding the electrical activity behind all those cells is the massive task that excites neural engineers like Felix Deku, who ...

Mar 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Schizophrenia study finds new biomarker, drug candidate to treat cognitive symptoms

Current schizophrenia medications treat symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, but do little for cognitive symptoms like disorganized thinking or executive dysfunction. As a result, many patients are unable to work, ...

Mar 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI helps to evaluate skin lesions in rare disease more accurately

There is a promising new drug for the rare disease mastocytosis, which is associated with skin lesions, among other things. Researchers at the University of Basel have now been able to use artificial intelligence to quantitatively ...

Mar 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Frequent brisk activity sessions are linked to better brain health and executive function

It's no secret that exercise benefits both the mind and body, and it's increasingly being recognized as a powerful tool for maintaining healthy brain aging. A new study in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy says that just engaging ...

Mar 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists track real-time signaling in T cell activation to show how the immune system defends against threats

T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on exquisitely timed molecular signals. Now researchers have captured one of the earliest moments of ...

Mar 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Long dismissed in adult health, the thymus may be critical for longevity and cancer treatment

Two new studies from investigators at Mass General Brigham challenge a decades-old assumption that the thymus, an organ best known for its role in establishing immune function in childhood, becomes irrelevant in adulthood. ...

Mar 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists create cancer-fighting immune cells right in the body

For years, one of the most powerful weapons against certain blood cancers, called CAR-T cell therapy, has required an elaborate process: Doctors extract a patient's immune cells, ship them to a specialized facility where ...

Mar 18, 2026