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Medical Xpress / Why BMI may be missing obesity in millions of Americans with health risks

Could the way doctors traditionally measure obesity allow a subset of people with obesity-related health risks to slip through the cracks? Medical experts have typically calculated obesity using body mass index (BMI), a calculation ...

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Global rules could cut costs and speed access to GLP-1 drugs

FDA-approved carbon copies of brand-name drugs with expired patents—over the last 30 years, these generic drugs have saved trillions of dollars for hundreds of millions of people.

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / TP53 gene mutations affect lung cancer treatment response, study shows

Lung cancer is the most common and deadly form of cancer worldwide. It is increasingly understood to be a complex genetic disease with different mutations that vary according to factors such as smoking and ethnicity. These ...

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Comprehensive atlas maps dendritic cells across cancers

Researchers from VIB, VUB, and an international network of collaborators have created the most comprehensive single-cell atlas to date of tumor-associated dendritic cells. By integrating data from 14 mouse tumor models and ...

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Vape flavor and device type may drive changes in gene expression

People who vape regularly show altered activity in 3,124 genes across the genome compared with people who do not smoke or vape. While some of those changes (28.8%) relate to how often or how much people vape, a much greater ...

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Enough sleep and moderate-to-vigorous activity may protect mental health in middle age, study says

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is more important for mental health in middle age than light physical activity, according to a new study by the University of Oulu and ODL Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine. ...

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cancer vaccine sustains 49% melanoma reduction after 5 years

The combination of a vaccine and a drug, which both harness the immune system to attack cancer cells, has proven successful in cutting the risk of skin cancer recurrence and death by 49%, a new study shows. This reduction ...

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Weight loss surgery boosts household independence for 20 years, data show

People who undergo bariatric surgery and see substantial weight loss are better able to cope with household tasks such as cleaning, laundry, and grocery shopping. The improvements are also sustained over a long time, according ...

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Mental health disorders become top global disability cause as cases near 1.2 billion

Mental health disorders are now the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to a major new study.

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Breast cancer risk models fall short for women with family history, study finds

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin, St James's Hospital, and collaborating institutions have carried out the most comprehensive review to date of tools used to estimate breast cancer risk in women with a family history ...

Jun 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / How aging reshapes sensorimotor learning: Older adults may lose explicit strategy but gain implicit adaptation

When most humans reach late adulthood, their ability to coordinate movements and maintain balance, broadly referred to as motor control, tends to gradually decline. While these changes in motor control are widely documented, ...

May 31, 2026
Medical Xpress / One-time gene editing treatment lowers 'bad' cholesterol by up to 62%

Patients in London have received a pioneering new gene editing therapy that lowers "bad" cholesterol after a single infusion, as part of a study involving UCL scientists.

May 31, 2026