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Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover hidden cells fueling brain cancer—and a drug that could stop them
A team of Canadian scientists has uncovered a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma, the most aggressive and currently incurable form of brain cancer—and identified an existing medication that could treat it.
Medical Xpress / New diamond-coated electrodes may help people walk again
What's the first thing you did when you woke up this morning? Maybe you swung your legs over the side of your bed, placed your feet on the floor and stood up. Simple, right?
Medical Xpress / LLMs can identify major depressive disorder via voice note recordings
A new medical large language model (LLM) achieved over 91% accuracy in identifying female participants diagnosed with major depressive disorder after analyzing a short WhatsApp audio recording where participants described ...
Medical Xpress / Maternal genetic factors may reveal why pregnancy loss is so common
By studying genetic data from nearly 140,000 IVF embryos, scientists have with unprecedented detail revealed why fewer than half of human conceptions survive to birth. The research uncovered the strongest evidence yet for ...
Medical Xpress / AI can predict preemies' paths based on blood spot data
An artificial intelligence-based tool can predict the medical trajectories of individual premature newborns from blood samples collected soon after they are born, a Stanford Medicine-led study has shown.
Medical Xpress / Patients struggle to measure blood pressure at home, study finds
Despite guideline recommendations and improved access to care, individuals with hypertension are unlikely to measure their blood pressure at home as often as recommended, according to data from researchers at Mass General ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists identify promising new target for Alzheimer's-linked brain inflammation
A multidisciplinary team has developed a selective compound that inhibits an enzyme tied to inflammation in people at genetic risk for Alzheimer's, while preserving normal brain function and crossing the blood-brain barrier.
Medical Xpress / Pharmacy professor develops AI model to predict hospitalization of at-risk cardiac patients
When Arinze Nkemdirim Okere, PharmD, MBA, worked as the pharmacist for a hospital in Tallahassee, Florida, he noticed that discharged patients would regularly return, often for issues that could have been easily treated.
Medical Xpress / Early treatment can delay rheumatoid arthritis for years
Treating people who are at high risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can delay the onset of the disease for several years, with benefits also continuing well after treatment has stopped.
Medical Xpress / Social standing and isolation shape sleep quality in mice, study finds
While some factors that improve or reduce the quality of sleep are relatively well understood, many are not. Given the impact that sleep is known to have on matters such as stress, concentration and cognitive abilities, it ...
Medical Xpress / Long term use of anti-acid drugs may not increase stomach cancer risk
The long-term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a class of drugs widely used to treat acid reflux and ulcers, may not be linked to any increased risk of developing gastric (stomach) cancer, finds a study of Nordic health ...
Medical Xpress / Surgery unnecessary for elbow fractures in children, new study finds
Researchers in Liverpool and Oxford have found that surgery for a common elbow fracture in children offers no clinical benefit compared to non-surgical care. The findings could have significant implications for treatment ...
