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Medical Xpress / Stress and addiction: New research reveals what connects them
Why do stressful moments so often push people toward habits like drinking? A new study from Texas A&M University offers one of the clearest answers yet, identifying a direct connection inside the brain that links stress to ...
Medical Xpress / How time and space become one inside your brain—and what it means for Alzheimer's
If you develop Alzheimer's disease, you not only lose your sense of time, but you also lose your sense of place. Could time and place be two sides of the same coin? About 55 million people globally are currently living with ...
Medical Xpress / Unexpected findings on lung cancer CT scans may point to other non-lung cancers
When doctors review diagnostic medical scans for lung cancer, they sometimes spot abnormalities unrelated to the lungs. New research shows that some of those abnormalities could be signs of other undiagnosed cancers. The ...
Medical Xpress / Celiac disease may blunt high-fiber benefits when key gut microbes are missing
Many people with celiac disease are advised to eat more fiber to support digestion and manage symptoms, either through diet or prescribed fiber supplements. New research from McMaster University shows that the benefits of ...
Medical Xpress / Higher‑level brain systems that interpret perception may play a central role in imagination
Imagination is one of the most powerful things our brains can do. We can relive past events while taking a walk, rehearse future conversations through inner speech or sense the heat of a fire without touching it—allowing ...
Medical Xpress / Bacterial-like vaccine cues could help extend immunity against evolving viruses
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a possible way to make longer-lasting vaccines for respiratory viruses like influenza and the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The ...
Medical Xpress / A state policy required hospitals to offer more financial assistance—medical debt plummeted
A policy in Oregon that requires nonprofit hospitals to provide more financial assistance to patients was linked to a meaningful drop in the number of residents with medical bills that end up in debt collections, according ...
Medical Xpress / Genetically modified marmosets as a model for human deafness provide a foundation for future gene therapies
Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the so-called OTOF gene. It plays a central role in transmitting sound signals from the hair cells to the ...
Medical Xpress / Mirror fragments intercept Alzheimer's-causing protein
Understanding how proteins interact with their own mirror images enabled a Kobe University research team to design a small mirror protein that disables a causal factor of Alzheimer's disease, amyloid-beta.
Medical Xpress / 3 million-cell map shows menopause reshapes breast tissue, possibly raising cancer risk
Scientists have created the most detailed map to date, comprised of over 3 million cells, showing how breast tissue changes as women age—including dramatic changes during menopause.
Medical Xpress / Turning muscles into motors gives static organs new life
What if a technology could reanimate parts of the body that have lost their connection to the brain—like a bladder that can no longer empty due to a spinal cord injury, or intestines that can't push food forward due to Crohn's ...
Medical Xpress / Down syndrome study suggests early RNA editing shifts may reshape fetal brain circuits
A collaborative research study co-led by scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Liber Institute for Brain Development has for the first time identified a biological process that may help explain ...
