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Medical Xpress / Red meat is evolution's double-edged sword, argue researchers

A new interdisciplinary review published in The Quarterly Review of Biology argues that red meat, once an essential component of human evolution, has become a significant threat to human health and planetary sustainability. ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Wearable sweat sensor monitors multiple biomarkers continuously for 21 days

University of California, Irvine researchers have invented a wearable, wireless, battery-free, bioelectronic sensor to monitor users' health by analyzing molecular biomarkers in human sweat. The device is called the In-Situ ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Genetic risk of schizophrenia manifests in early adolescence, study shows

Research has found that children with higher genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia show decreases in frontal cortical surface area during early adolescence, in contrast to the regional expansion observed in children with ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / How one drug could lower dangerous bleeding in high-risk cesarean births

Giving tranexamic acid to women with placenta previa (when the placenta covers the cervical opening) undergoing cesarean birth leads to a significant yet modest reduction in severe bleeding after delivery with no evidence ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / A 13-gene panel may help predict response to chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have characterized cancer cell-specific features in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tissues, identifying ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Continuing tirzepatide at full dose helps preserve weight loss over 112 weeks

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in The Lancet shows that people who have lost weight using the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of tirzepatide ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers successfully treat hereditary epilepsy in a mouse model

In a world first, a research team at the University of Zurich has successfully treated mice carrying an inherited form of epilepsy. The scientists used gene editing to fix faulty DNA directly in the brain cells of mice, which ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Mouth stem cells could help beat brain cancer defenses

Stem cells found in the lining of the mouth could help make the most aggressive form of brain cancer easier to treat, according to new research from the University of Reading. The stem cells release a mixture of proteins ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Even at low concentrations, fine particle pollution is tied to increased hospitalizations for kidney disease

A study published in the journal Scientific Reports has shown a strong correlation between the concentration of particulate matter in the air of São Paulo, Brazil—primarily emitted by vehicle fuel combustion—and kidney disease. ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Genetic link between cannabis use and psychosis could help to identify those most at risk

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has highlighted the distinct and shared molecular pathways linking cannabis use disorder (CUD) and psychosis, offering ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Everyday air pollution linked to poorer brain function, study finds

The air pollution we breathe daily could be harming more than just our lungs and hearts. New research from McMaster University suggests that fine particles from traffic, industry, and wildfire smoke are linked to worse cognitive ...

May 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Most weight loss achieved using injectable obesity drugs can be maintained by switching to orforglipron, study shows

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in Nature Medicine shows that most weight loss achieved using the injectable obesity drugs tirzepatide or ...

May 13, 2026