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Medical Xpress / Everyday chemical exposures linked to preterm birth and lower birthweight

In one of the largest studies of chemical exposures during pregnancy to date, new research led by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Stanford University School of Medicine and Woods Institute for the Environment ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Newborn neurons routinely break then repair DNA during brain cortex formation, study reveals

Newborn nerve cells must squeeze through crowded, narrow spaces—through dense tissue, past other cells, and between fibers—to reach the areas where they form neural circuits in the brain cortex. In a study published in Nature, ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Infant sleep movements reveal 60-minute cycles of inactivity that lengthen through first year

Infants' activity while sleeping is rhythmic, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. The findings provide crucial insight into sleep cycles of infants in the first year of life. In the largest study of its ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Fully open medical AI framework lets anyone audit how clinical LLMs are built

Medical large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being used in clinical settings. For example, AI is helping doctors in emergency rooms flag diagnoses or support decisions. The problem is that most of these systems are ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Antisocial behavior in young people linked to changes throughout the brain

Conduct problems—including persistent rule-breaking, aggression, irritability and difficulty following school rules—are associated with small but widespread differences in brain structure, according to a major international ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / A new AI framework that can help doctors build better tools

Artificial intelligence can help predict a patient's risk for conditions such as sepsis, heart disease and cancer. But many of these tools fall short in real-life clinical practice because they are difficult for doctors to ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Turns out the 'gym bros' were right (kind of)—we should be eating more protein

A new perspective paper published in Frontiers in Nutrition argues that current public health recommendations for physical activity and protein intake are designed to prevent deficiency rather than maximize long-term health, ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists engineer personalized cartilage graft for infants with life-threatening airway narrowing

A study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrates a new method of using decellularized cartilage with patient-specific cells to help enlarge pediatric airways narrowed as a result of severe ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Emergency department study shows major gaps in flu vaccination

A University of California, Riverside-led study of more than 3,200 emergency department (ED) patients across the United States found that while awareness of influenza vaccination is widespread, most adults seen in EDs are ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Psilocybin combined with psychotherapy demonstrates antidepressant effects over a 12-month period

Psilocybin combined with psychotherapy can lead to long-term improvements in depressive symptoms in people with treatment-resistant depression. This has been shown by a recently published long-term follow-up study conducted ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Colorectal cancer research reveals new mechanism in targeted therapy against metastasis

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna have described a mechanism in metastatic colorectal cancer that has received little attention to date: A key target of existing therapies, the so-called epidermal growth factor ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Therapeutic target for dangerous fungal infections identified

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has identified a promising new therapeutic candidate against Candida auris, an emerging fungal pathogen that has alarmed health officials worldwide ...

Jun 17, 2026