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Medical Xpress / A poorly 'cleaned' brain may increase the risk of psychosis
How can the onset of psychotic symptoms characteristic of schizophrenia be explained? Despite their major and often irreversible impact on intellectual abilities and autonomy, the biological mechanisms that precede their ...
Medical Xpress / Brain computer interface enables rapid communication for two people with paralysis
Loss of communication can be among the most devastating symptoms for patients with paralysis. A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute and Brown University describes an investigational ...
Medical Xpress / Twice‑yearly injectable HIV regimen treatment demonstrates strong efficacy and safety in Phase 2 trial
A new study published in The Lancet Microbe reports the first twice-yearly injectable HIV treatment regimen—combining lenacapavir, teropavimab, and zinlirvimab—has achieved high rates of viral suppression and demonstrated ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental oral therapy PrimeC shows safety and signals of clinical benefit in ALS
In a phase 2b clinical trial, an investigational oral therapy called PrimeC was found to be safe and well tolerated in people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with exploratory findings suggesting target engagement ...
Medical Xpress / New genetic risk score better predicts diabetes, obesity and downstream complications
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are metabolic conditions with many causes, including overlapping and distinct genetic features. A polygenic risk score (PRS) can capture multiple genetic risk factors to provide an estimate ...
Medical Xpress / Problematic social media use predicts higher depressive symptoms in adolescents under 16
Problematic use of social media—characterized by loss of control and compulsive engagement—may significantly increase depressive symptoms in adolescents under the age of 16, according to a new study led by researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Differences in brain activity between ADHD and neurotypical adults
Elaine Pinggal from Monash University, and colleagues assessed how sleep-like brain activity in awake adults influences sustained attention during a task.
Medical Xpress / Modeling suggests climate change could drive millions into physical inactivity by 2050
Rising temperatures due to climate change could drive millions more adults globally into physical inactivity by 2050, being linked to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and billions of dollars in lost productivity, ...
Medical Xpress / Mapping mental health to deal with the messy reality of psychiatric diagnoses
Depression or ADHD? Neatly delineated diagnoses fail to do justice to the infinitely complex reality that they refer to, argues Eiko Fried in a new paper for JAMA Psychiatry. His proposal: to map the underlying mechanisms ...
Medical Xpress / Gene expression program linked to neurotransmission in the living human brain identified
Researchers have identified a distinct and reproducible gene expression program associated with neurotransmission in the living human brain, offering unprecedented insight into the molecular mechanisms that support human ...
Medical Xpress / New liquid biopsy technology can detect disease from a drop of blood
An innovative platform developed by PKU researchers called "cf-EpiTracing" has proved capable of detecting and tracing diseases from as little as 50 μl of human plasma, or roughly a drop of blood. The research, published ...
Dialog / The hidden signals of Crohn's disease: Why remission is not recovery
Imagine a patient with Crohn's disease—after months of flares, they are finally in clinical remission. Their biomarkers are stable, their pain has subsided, and their doctors are satisfied. They are on the gold standard ...
