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Medical Xpress / Genetic risk may rival obesity as a key driver of endometrial cancer

A major new study has found genetics play a powerful and independent role in endometrial cancer risk—challenging the long-held belief that obesity is the primary driver. The findings could lead to better screening of the ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Antibody-drug conjugate achieves high response rates as frontline treatment in aggressive, rare blood cancer

Seventy-five percent of patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) who were treated with the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) pivekimab sunirine (PVEK) had a complete response, according to new data from ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Rallying more T-cells to immunotherapy's fight against cancer

Immune Checkpoint Blockade (ICB) has revolutionized the treatment of cancers like melanoma, but up to 60% of patients don't respond to this immunotherapy for reasons not yet fully understood. Australian scientists have found ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Infection prevention measures prove important in NICU, study shows

A new study conducted by clinician-scientists at a dozen neonatal intensive care units, or NICUs, across North America found that enhanced infection prevention measures were highly effective in reducing viral spread among ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / AI model may predict when MND patients need feeding tubes within months

A new AI tool that accurately predicts the need for a feeding tube could transform patient care and improve quality of life for people living with Motor Neuron Disease (MND). The new tool, developed by a team at the University ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Brexpiprazole add-on may speed information processing in schizophrenia patients

Cognitive impairment, including decreased attention and memory, remains one of the most disabling aspects of schizophrenia, affecting the social life of patients. However, no effective treatment has yet been established for ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Non-contractile heart cells help sustain persistent atrial fibrillation, study reveals

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common chronic cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, is very challenging to treat once it becomes persistent, after which spontaneous return to normal rhythm becomes highly unlikely. ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Simple SMS 'nudge' a powerful prompt for timely vaccination

10,000 families participating in research by The Kids Research Institute Australia have demonstrated the effectiveness of a simple text message for increasing the number of children receiving their vaccinations on time. Throughout ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Why asthma risk differs by sex: Study links early-life exposures to lung gene networks

A new study has confirmed that male and female lungs are "wired differently" at the molecular level, providing further evidence supporting sex-inclusive respiratory disease research and treatment. The work is published in ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / 3D MRI technique guides precision treatment of kids' heart conditions

With a new MRI technique that shows both heart tissue and blood flow simultaneously, physicians can see where heart defects occur and precisely plan to repair them, according to new research. Researchers at Children's Hospital ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / New MRI technique maps fluid velocity distribution in the brain

A new MRI technique called Velocity Spectrum Imaging can map fluid movement in the human brain within a 3D pixel, according to a University of Michigan Engineering study published in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. The non-invasive ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Trained laypeople improve blood pressure control in rural Africa, research shows

In rural regions of Africa, high blood pressure often goes untreated because health centers are far away and there is a shortage of health professionals. A study in Lesotho shows that, with the help of a tablet app, villagers ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Cardiology