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Medical Xpress / Autoantibody map uncovers body-wide immune attacks across Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and MS
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil discovered that neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis, are more complex than previously thought. Their analysis of ...
Medical Xpress / New pancreatic cancer treatments may add months of life after 40 years of setbacks
After decades of struggling to find a way to treat pancreatic cancer, researchers have developed several promising new drugs that could offer rare hope to patients given this particularly deadly diagnosis.
Medical Xpress / Asphalt is everywhere, but is it bad for our health?
If you piled all of Phoenix's pavement into one spot, it would be enough to cover San Francisco four times over. Roads, parking lots, and other paved surfaces blanket a lot of land—an estimated 40% of Arizona's capital city.
Medical Xpress / Seven days without plastic contact slashes phthalates and bisphenols in body
A clinical trial investigating levels of plastic chemicals in the human body has found that a low-plastic diet could be a fast and effective way to reduce exposure.
Medical Xpress / Casting a long shadow: Childhood sexual abuse linked to cancer in older adults
Childhood trauma may leave a biological and psychological imprint that lasts decades. A new study by researchers at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network suggests that childhood sexual abuse may be linked ...
Medical Xpress / Catching cancer's earliest moments: How mutated cells transform their local environment so a tumor can develop
Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and their colleagues are shedding new light on a tumor's earliest moments—revealing how lung cells with cancer-causing mutations recruit accomplices from healthy ...
Medical Xpress / Yoga for obesity: What 30 studies say about blood pressure, cholesterol and weekly exercise
Practicing yoga could help people with overweight or obesity improve their cardiometabolic health, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Widya Wasityastuti from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, ...
Medical Xpress / Calcium surges in brain immune cells may switch anxiety on and off
Researchers had previously discovered a population of immune cells within the brain that can act as accelerators and brakes for anxiety in mice. Now, new research from the lab of Mario Capecchi, Ph.D., professor of human ...
Medical Xpress / How the adult brain reuses an embryonic signal to balance persistence and change
A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in their behavior, according to new research co-led by Andreas H. Kottmann, associate medical professor ...
Medical Xpress / Memorial records reveal disturbing pattern of neglect, stigma and loss of life for those with extreme fatigue condition
Researchers have examined the memorial records of 505 people who passed away after living with the chronic illness known as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Their analysis reveals common themes ...
Medical Xpress / E. coli and 'good' bacteria are balanced by breast milk in baby gut microbiomes
Sugars contained exclusively in breast milk are helping to feed an important balance of bacteria in babies' developing gut microbiomes, a new study has found. In a paper published in Nature Communications, a European research ...
Medical Xpress / AI brain successfully mimics dyslexia and spots fonts that improve reading
For the first time, researchers have used an advanced AI model that understands both images and language, allowing them to model dyslexia, paving the way for potential new treatments. Dyslexia, the world's most common learning ...
