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Medical Xpress / Middle-aged men are most vulnerable to faster aging due to 'forever chemicals,' study finds

PFAS have wide-ranging toxic effects. Now, researchers have found that two non-legacy PFAS, namely perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA), appear to speed up biological aging in middle-aged men, ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Chondrocytes' behavior reveals novel targets for bone growth disorders

Achondroplasia, also known as short-limb dwarfism, is associated with neurological symptoms and complications due to narrowing of the skeletal structures surrounding the spinal cord. Despite achondroplasia being the most ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Trust your gut to heal your brain: Antibiotics may aid recovery from traumatic brain injury

In a new study published in Communications Biology, Houston Methodist researchers led by Sonia Villapol, Ph.D., found that short-term antibiotic treatment significantly reduced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration following ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Is a baby's heart defect hereditary? A NOTCH1 methylation test may clarify

One to two out of every 100 newborn babies are born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), yet the exact cause remains unclear. Human geneticists at the University Medicine Oldenburg (Germany) have now presented a new method ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Major study finds strong link between cannabis, anxiety and depression

An analysis of 35,000 Canadians shows that rising cannabis use and worsening mental-health symptoms are increasingly appearing together, with the connection between the two strengthening over time. The study, led by McMaster ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / New study maps what we do and don't know about outcomes for children in care

A new study led by Swansea University has mapped international evidence on the outcomes of children who grow up in out-of-home care. Drawing on 77 reviews, published between January 2013 and July 2024, research, shows which ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / A promising new drug for an invasive type of breast cancer

EPFL researchers have developed preclinical models for invasive lobular carcinoma and trialed a new drug. It slows tumor growth effectively by targeting specific features of the disease and opening the door to future clinical ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Rapid iron flux test could help improve cartilage repair through cell therapy

Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized Medicine (CAMP), an interdisciplinary research group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), in collaboration with Massachusetts ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Biomedical technology
Medical Xpress / Oral semaglutide found to lower risk of heart failure events in people with type 2 diabetes

An international clinical trial has found that an oral form of semaglutide, a widely used diabetes drug, reduced the risk of serious heart failure events in people with type 2 diabetes who already had heart failure. The findings, ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / After the heart stops: Circulatory-death donors now supply nearly half of organs

Organ donation after the heart stops beating, a practice called donation after circulatory death, has gone from rare to routine in the United States, a new study shows. This shift over the past 25 years, aided by technological ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Surgery
Medical Xpress / Financial strain of cancer treatment undermines hope and life satisfaction new study finds

Cancer treatment can take a profound financial toll, and new research shows the damage does not stop at the bank account. Nearly half of patients experience significant "financial toxicity," and that strain quietly chips ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Music may not boost focus or mood during exercise

Music is commonly used during exercise and is often assumed to improve focus, mood, or mental performance. A new systematic review and meta-analysis led by researchers at the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry