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Medical Xpress / Impact of traumatic brain injury in children extends beyond initial injury, study demonstrates
A new study, published in JAMA Network Open, reveals that school-age children and adolescents with medically diagnosed traumatic brain injury (TBI) have significantly higher rates of anxiety/depression, and strong family ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic risk for type 1 diabetes extends to brain cells, study finds
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which the body attacks its own insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Some individuals with type 1 diabetes experience cognitive differences, sometimes described as "brain fog," ...
Medical Xpress / Cats are opening a powerful new front in the fight to understand virus-caused cancer
Cats are not just beloved companions; they are emerging as key "research partners" in unraveling viral cancer mechanisms. A team led by Professor Julia Beatty, Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases ...
Medical Xpress / Fighting malaria more effectively with climate data
In many parts of East Africa, small pools of water that form after heavy rainfall are ideal breeding sites for the Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malaria. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have ...
Medical Xpress / Research reveals unseen changes in motor control after spinal cord injury
Even when people with incomplete spinal cord injuries can walk, everyday functions like standing, balancing or producing steady force may remain difficult. A new study shows why.
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover brain circuits for impulsivity
Scientists from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have uncovered how different brain regions work together to enable self-control—the ability to suppress impulsive behaviors ...
Medical Xpress / Smart OLED patch uses light to automate drug delivery, doubling healing speed
Instead of applying ointment and attaching a bandage, a "smart patch that regulates treatment intensity on its own just by being attached" has appeared. A research team has developed a "self-regulating OLED wound healing ...
Medical Xpress / Newly identified RPN1 disease helps explain how protein damage can disrupt early brain development
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators have used a genetic sequencing technique called whole exome sequencing to discover a new rare genetic disease. In ...
Medical Xpress / A reactive amygdala drives heavier drinking in young men while shielding young women from alcohol risk
New research shows that the threat response in the brain's amygdala (which processes emotions) is linked to different patterns of drinking by sex. In young males, heightened amygdala reactivity was linked to increased depressive ...
Medical Xpress / Study shows survival benefit of immunotherapy in resistant ovarian cancer
A study published April 10 in The Lancet reports that the anti-PD-1 immunotherapy pembrolizumab (brand name Keytruda) significantly improved overall survival in adults with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer when given as ...
Medical Xpress / End of community-wide treatment linked to resurgence of parasitic worm infections in Malawi
Researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have found that stopping mass drug administration for Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) was associated with an increase in infections from other parasitic worms, threatening disease ...
Medical Xpress / Inhaled RNA therapy cuts lung inflammation after severe infections in preclinical tests
NTU Singapore is working with China's Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Swedish biotechnology company Lipigon Pharmaceuticals AB to develop a new inhaled treatment aimed at helping patients recover ...
