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Medical Xpress / Diagnosing dementia: Neuroimaging technique could speed detection

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) researchers have tested a new and potentially more sensitive neuroimaging tool for diagnosing behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). They reported their findings on April 9 in the ...

Apr 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Nature videos can calm the mind, lift mood and forge outdoor-level connection without leaving home

New research led by a scholar at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign suggests that watching and creating videography of scenic locations cultivates nature-based mindfulness—conveying the same cognitive and emotional ...

Apr 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Lab-grown mini-brains shed light on childhood epilepsy

Why does the same genetic mutation cause a severe brain malformation in some patients but not in others? Researchers from the MOSAIC team at the Paris Brain Institute have developed mosaic human cortical organoids carrying ...

Apr 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Exclusive breastfeeding linked to long-term changes in marks on DNA, found in blood

Babies who are exclusively breastfed for at least three months carry markers in their blood that differ from babies who are not breastfed. The finding comes from the largest study of its kind, conducted across an international ...

Apr 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Much-hyped Alzheimer's drugs removed amyloid yet brought no meaningful gains over 18 months

Drugs once hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's disease do not meaningfully help patients, a major review found Thursday, however some experts criticized the research.

Apr 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Skin cells may help rabies invade nerves after minor bites or scratches

While it was previously thought that keratinocytes (skin cells) were only passive conductors that allow the rabies virus to pass through, novel research reveals that these cells play a much more active role. The findings ...

Apr 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / New anti-clotting medication lowers risk of stroke without added bleeding

A large international study has found that asundexian, an investigational anti-clotting medication, reduces the risk of a stroke in people who recently experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) caused by a clot ...

Apr 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / A new depression treatment may rival electroconvulsive therapy while avoiding one of its biggest drawbacks

An international clinical trial led by researchers at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and University of California San Diego School of Medicine, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, has found that magnetic ...

Apr 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / A better flu shot may be coming: How epitope targeting could widen protection

Doctors recommend getting your flu shot annually, since the specific influenza strain it targets varies from year to year. But what if the shot could be more effective while protecting against more strains? Researchers from ...

Apr 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / By cutting selected synapses, brain circuit 'editing' could make memory stronger and rewire how learning works

Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses. These are the junctions where one neuron passes signals to another, forming the vast communication ...

Apr 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Buprenorphine found to be a safe treatment for opioid addiction in pregnancy

Children born to mothers who used buprenorphine for opioid addiction during pregnancy do not have a greater risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD and autism, compared with children whose mothers took methadone, ...

Apr 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Air pollution associated with increased migraine activity

Air pollution is associated with increased migraine activity, according to a study published in Neurology. Both short-term and cumulative exposure to air pollution as well as climate factors such as heat and humidity were ...

Apr 15, 2026