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Medical Xpress / Intermittent fasting reveals gut-brain pathway that may reduce chronic pain

Chronic pain, pain that persists or returns for more than three months, can affect people's emotional well-being and is often accompanied by difficulty concentrating or remembering things. While they can be effective for ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / When you eat may matter as much as what you eat for longevity and heart health

What we eat plays a vital role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. A well-balanced meal rich in essential micronutrients not only fuels the body but may also help protect against metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. There ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Small-molecule inhibitors shown to promote robust antitumor immunity

Researchers in Purdue University's College of Pharmacy have developed and validated a new series of small-molecule inhibitors that promote antitumor immunity and hold promise as anticancer agents.

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / New fibroblast state reveals how lung tumors may suppress immune defenses

Researchers at Columbia University have identified a previously unknown population of fibroblasts that may protect lung tumors from immune attack. The work, published in Nature Immunology, illuminates a previously unknown ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Doctors and scientists race to understand a rising form of heart failure

Approximately 3 million people in the United States are living with a condition called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF. The number of people with this form of heart failure, which is more common in ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Workout or nap? Either can help your sleepless brain, study finds

A short workout or a nap can help protect memory after a sleepless night, a McGill University-led study has found.

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Bird bulking: Exercise in youth decreases energy used for moving as an adult

Physical activity in adulthood may depend on exercise during growth, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. The study, conducted in birds, is the first to directly demonstrate that experiences during development ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover brain-network dynamics in schizophrenia

Researchers at Georgia State University have identified a previously unknown aspect of schizophrenia that offers a new way to understand how the disorder affects large-scale brain coordination. In a new study, published in ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Mulberry leaves and fruit may influence gut bacteria linked to metabolism

Mulberry has long been used as both food and traditional medicine. Today, scientists are investigating whether its compounds can influence the gut microbiota and, through it, metabolism. A review involving researchers from ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Biological changes in firefighters' urine and blood seen 24 hours after fighting a fire

New research from UTHealth Houston found firefighters experience measurable biological changes in their blood and urine within 24 hours of fighting a fire—changes that may help identify early cancer risk, the leading cause ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Altered ribosomes help explain how an enzyme fuels tumor growth

A new Northwestern Medicine study has identified a previously unknown mechanism by which an enzyme promotes cancer cell proliferation, establishing it as a promising therapeutic target for cancer, according to findings published ...

Aug 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Can you slow the aging process? Study reveals which interventions might help

When Raghav Sehgal arrived at Yale as a graduate student several years ago, he wanted to explore the use of powerful computer science tools in cancer research. With an engineering background and a computational biology startup ...

Aug 24, 2026