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Medical Xpress / Early detection of type 1 diabetes in children is feasible from routine pediatric care

For ten years, the Fr1da study, coordinated by Helmholtz Munich, has been investigating whether early stages of type 1 diabetes in children can be detected in routine pediatric care. The latest evaluation shows that the screening ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gut bacteria linked to immunotherapy success in melanoma patients

Researchers at The George Washington University, working with Weill Cornell Medicine, have identified specific gut bacteria linked to better responses to cancer immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma. The study ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover protein that could help failing hearts

Researchers have identified a key protein that may help failing hearts regain function, offering new insight into why some hearts recover while others do not. The discovery comes from studying patients treated with left ventricular ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Dementia drug may help treat alcohol withdrawal

A new study from researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is exploring whether a drug originally developed to combat neuroinflammation in dementia could also help reduce the harmful brain ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Wearable knee robot could help children with muscle weakness

A lightweight robotic device that facilitates neuromuscular recovery in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), helping them to stand unassisted, is published in Nature this week. Improved function persists after discontinuing ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / What you eat as a teenager may shape food choices later in life

New research from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute suggests that an unhealthy diet during adolescence could have long-lasting effects on how the brain makes decisions about food—even after returning to a healthy ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / New marker identifies patients with advanced prostate cancer more likely to benefit from combination immunotherapy

Researchers with the James P. Allison Institute at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a new gene expression signature within tumors that can help identify patients with metastatic castration-resistant ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Targeting inflammation may help overcome drug resistance in colon cancer

Chemotherapy drugs that target a common mutation in colorectal cancer rapidly lose efficacy in patients, leading to relapse. According to a new preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer Center investigators, ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Stem cells at the root of tooth aging point to possible treatment

With age, teeth get increasingly brittle and susceptible to damage from tooth decay, which can eventually lead to tooth loss. Teeth have an intrinsic capability to regenerate, a process that is driven by dental pulp stem ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Working up a sweat: How sweat patterns change as girls get older

Researchers have worked out how girls' sweating patterns change as they grow, establishing that the age of 14 is a critical turning point. Their findings can inform better sportswear designs for teenagers, and be used to ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Very fit men may face smaller atrial fibrillation risk than feared, with heart benefits growing over time

A number of previous studies have shown that young male endurance athletes and young men in general with high fitness levels appear to have an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation later in life compared to non-athletes ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study sheds light on how early pancreas lesions become cancerous

In an unexpected finding, a new study flips on its head researchers' understanding of how precancerous pancreas lesions evolve into pancreatic cancer. The paradigm-changing discovery has tremendous implications for identifying ...

May 21, 2026