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Medical Xpress / How waste build-up in the brain occurs in aging and neurodegeneration

To function properly, neurons need to recycle cellular waste before it becomes toxic. When neurons can no longer do that, either due to aging or harmful genetic mutations, neurodegenerative disease can set in. One sign that ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI could ease the burden of hospital discharge summaries

The hospital discharge summary—a document that outlines a patient's hospital stay for their outpatient providers—can take up a lot of doctors' time. It needs to comprehensively and succinctly summarize days, sometimes weeks, ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / More steps are linked to more healthful rest for college students, research shows

University students who aren't always enthused about walking across campus for class can take heart in new research that suggests lots of daily steps translate to improved mental health and better sleep.

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / New research uncovers how deadly childhood cancer grows, highlighting potential therapies

A cancer researcher at the University of Houston is reporting what makes malignant soft tissue cancer grow in children, identifying key mechanisms and molecular targets to prevent tumor progression in patients in future therapies ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Drug apitegromab may stop muscle loss when taking weight loss drugs

A drug called apitegromab may help preserve lean body mass during weight loss with tirzepatide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, according to a phase 2 clinical trial published in Nature Medicine. The findings suggest that blocking ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Head cooling may reduce depression symptoms and change brain activity

Wearing a cooling cap for 30 minutes may improve a person's sense of well-being, according to a new study by Penn State researchers. In a recent publication in Acta Psychologica, the researchers demonstrated that head cooling ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Molecular mechanics behind heart cell restructuring revealed

Microtubules, part of heart muscle cells' internal "skeleton," help determine how the heart changes shape under stress, and a common signaling pathway called the ERK pathway acts as a key controller of where the building ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI could provide 'early alert' for breast cancer 6 years in advance

Three commercially available radiology AI systems have shown the potential to flag early signs of breast cancer up to six years before a diagnosis, according to a study published in Radiology.

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gene therapy approach reduces muscle spasticity after chronic spinal cord injury

Muscle spasticity is a common and often debilitating consequence of spinal cord injury that can significantly affect mobility and quality of life. Spasticity is a condition in which muscles become abnormally stiff or tight ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / How often do people pass gas? There's now an app for that

Flatulence, or farting, is something people often joke about or find embarrassing when it happens unexpectedly. It is, however, an essential bodily function that allows the digestive system to keep pressure within the intestinal ...

Jun 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Ultrasound turns anticancer molecule into deep-lung bacteria killer

An anticancer medication called TLD1433, a ruthenium(II) complex that has entered Phase II trials for conditions such as non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, is now being repurposed to address one of the biggest public health ...

Jun 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / New GLP-1 oral pill lowers blood sugar and reduces bodyweight, clinical trial finds

Oral GLP-1 medications have the potential to increase access to therapies that can help lower blood sugar and reduce bodyweight. At the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Session, Mass General Brigham physician investigator ...

Jun 8, 2026