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Medical Xpress / Study finds that telemedicine visits cost far less than office visits
Telemedicine visits are five times less costly than in-person appointments for the most common conditions able to be treated by both forms of visits, new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of ...
Medical Xpress / Kenya-Uganda trial reduces HIV incidence by 70% in rural populations
By pairing digital tools with tailored HIV services delivered by community health workers and clinicians, a study has reduced new HIV cases by 70% in rural Kenya and Uganda. This successful strategic implementation of existing ...
Medical Xpress / Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction
Neuroscientist Soha Farboud of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has succeeded in adjusting activity in specific brain areas using a new technique. With ultrasonic brain stimulation, she was able to influence whether ...
Medical Xpress / Obstructive sleep apnea may cost UK and US economies billions in lost productivity
Untreated obstructive sleep apnea may be costing the UK and US economies billions of pounds/dollars in lost productivity every year, with a considerable proportion of working-age adults experiencing symptoms indicative of ...
Medical Xpress / Dysregulation of the immune system differentiates depression and psychosis in young adulthood
In the early phases of depression and psychosis, patients often show altered inflammatory markers in the blood and structural changes in the gray matter of the brain. This was demonstrated in the international study entitled ...
Medical Xpress / A human mini-bladder shows the culprit of recurrent infections
Researchers at EPFL, Heidelberg University and Roche have built a human mini-bladder to show how urine composition weakens bladder tissue, helping infections recur even after antibiotics. The work was led by John McKinney ...
Medical Xpress / Could a gene lower nicotine dependence? What a CHRNB3 variant suggests
Variants in a nicotine receptor gene are associated with a lower likelihood of heavy smoking, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The findings are based on data from populations in Mexico and validated ...
Medical Xpress / How an anti-obesity drug improves metabolism beyond weight loss
Tirzepatide is one of the drugs that has revolutionized the treatment of obesity and other conditions such as diabetes in recent years. Despite its clinical success, its precise molecular and cellular mechanisms are still ...
Medical Xpress / Why do falls rise with age? Study points to cerebellar neuron firing
A new McGill University study has found a direct link between age-related declines in neuron activity in the cerebellum and worsening motor skills, including gait, balance and agility. While it is well known that these abilities ...
Medical Xpress / Smarter tissue and organ repair thanks to next-gen hydrogel
A multidisciplinary team have built hydrogels built entirely from synthetic peptides so their properties can be precisely tailored through chemical design. By harnessing the power of collagen-inspired peptides and light-triggered ...
Medical Xpress / Rising temperature may shift sex ratios at birth, analysis of five million births finds
"Temperature and sex ratios at birth," a new study led by researchers at the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides new evidence that ...
Medical Xpress / New 'liver-on-a-chip' device could make drug safety testing more reliable
Creating a drug that might help treat or cure a health condition in humans is a long, complex process. After developing a candidate drug that shows potential—a process that, in and of itself, can take decades—scientists ...
