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Medical Xpress / Medicine faces an AI reckoning: What happens when machines seem more empathetic than doctors?
A new perspective published in JAMA challenges the growing narrative that artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to replace physicians, arguing instead that the technology exposes deeper structural failures in modern health ...
Medical Xpress / A single swab paves the way for simplified tuberculosis diagnosis
Led by researchers from Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University and the University of California, San Francisco (U.S.), an international team has evaluated a novel approach for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. ...
Medical Xpress / Gentler blood cancer treatment could boost survival and quality of life
A gentler treatment for children whose leukemia has come back could boost survival and quality of life, a study led by a UCL academic has found. The new regime significantly reduces the need for intensive chemotherapy and ...
Medical Xpress / Targeted 'biological missile' blocks leukemia growth while sparing healthy tissue
New research out of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered a targeted cancer therapy that significantly prevents leukemia progression, improves survival rates and minimizes damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
Medical Xpress / Caregivers of ovarian cancer patients face high stress and major gaps in support
A new scoping review from the University of Toronto reveals that caregivers of loved ones with ovarian cancer face significant emotional strain, heavy caregiving responsibilities, and limited support throughout the disease ...
Medical Xpress / Does vaping help people quit smoking? Maybe, findings suggest
A new review paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, finds that while research has previously found that vaping is associated with subsequently quitting smoking, that may not always be true. In fact, it appears studies limited ...
Medical Xpress / One of the world's most common knee surgeries does not help and may even be harmful
Partial meniscectomy does not improve patient symptoms or function, reveals a 10-year follow-up of the FIDELITY, a placebo-surgery controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Medical Xpress / A routine virus can slow breast cancer spread to the lungs, offering hidden protective power
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), mostly infects the lungs, nose, throat, and respiratory tract, and can cause illness ranging from mild cold and fever-like symptoms to severe pneumonia and bronchitis. A recent study has ...
Medical Xpress / Glioblastoma mapping uncovers four recurring tumor cell communities, revealing treatment targets
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive type of brain cancer that is known to be very difficult to treat. One reason why this type of cancer is often resistant to available treatments is that it is characterized by a highly diverse ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists recruit red blood cells to deliver genetic cargo with instructions to kill cancer
Scientists have developed a way to turn the body's own immune cells into cancer-fighting agents—without removing them from the body—by using red blood cells to deliver genetic instructions. Current CAR (chimeric antigen receptor) ...
Medical Xpress / New autism therapy may improve children's social communication in just five days
A new non-invasive brain stimulation technique known as accelerated continuous theta burst stimulation (a-cTBS) improves social communication at one month follow-up and has a favorable safety profile in children with autism, ...
Medical Xpress / Swimming beats running for strengthening the heart, study finds
A study conducted on an animal model by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil demonstrated that swimming is more effective than running in promoting healthy heart growth and improving the ...
