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Medical Xpress / Nine-gene biomarker paves way for tailored psoriasis treatments
Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease linked to several long-term health conditions, such as heart disease, arthritis and type 2 diabetes, and has a substantial impact on sufferers' quality of life. Although the ...
Medical Xpress / Synthetic protein potentially improves outcomes for select intracerebral hemorrhage patients
Results from the largest-ever clinical trial of its kind found administering a synthetic protein can reduce bleeding and improve outcomes for certain patients at the highest risk of continued bleeding following a type of ...
Medical Xpress / Why a high school reunion might lift your mood: Study links nostalgia to gratitude
Did you skip your last high school reunion? If so, you may want to reconsider when the next anniversary rolls around. The experience could lead to increased feelings of gratitude, according to a new study led by Jeffrey Green, ...
Medical Xpress / Study links psychotic-like experiences to 'older-looking brains' at age 20
Researchers from the Universidad de Valladolid in Spain, the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Center and University College London used brain imaging studies to uncover how psychotic experiences, such as brief hallucinations ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Cannabis usage in middle-aged, older adults linked to larger brain volume, better cognitive function
Research studying the effects of cannabis on the brain has often focused on adolescents, but a new study from CU Anschutz researchers looks at population-level impacts of cannabis usage on the brain in older adults. The work ...
Medical Xpress / Premature aging may result from immune responses triggered by faulty DNA repair
DNA is often described as the instruction manual for building the fundamental components of life. Proteins are helpers that aid DNA in carrying out essential processes such as replication, repair, and transcription. Under ...
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 drugs tied to lower-calorie, lower-sugar food purchases
Researchers at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen reported that starting a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) coincided with slightly healthier supermarket purchases. Grocery purchases from GLP-1RA users in Denmark contained ...
Medical Xpress / Nearly half of chronic fatigue patients test positive for Bartonella or Babesia infection
A pilot study has found evidence of Bartonella and Babesia infection in almost half of 50 blood samples from patients suffering chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). The study appears in Pathogens.
Medical Xpress / Two in five cancers worldwide are likely preventable, says new research
Nearly 40% of new cancer cases worldwide in 2022 may be associated with modifiable risk factors, according to an analysis of 36 cancer types from 185 countries. The findings suggest that reducing exposures such as tobacco ...
Medical Xpress / RNA molecule discovery could lead to potential new breast cancer therapy
QIMR Berghofer scientists have discovered a cancer-fighting RNA molecule that could hold the key to a new way of treating the most common form of breast cancer. The team are developing their findings into a potential RNA-based ...
Medical Xpress / Pancreatic tumors eliminated in mice without resistance developing
Current drugs for pancreatic cancer lose effectiveness within months because the tumor becomes resistant. Now, a group from Spain's National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has been able to avoid the development of resistance ...
Medical Xpress / A newly identified protein is key to regulating cholesterol release
Two UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in controlling the liver's release of cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins into the bloodstream, a discovery that could lead to new ...
