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Medical Xpress / AI model may predict when MND patients need feeding tubes within months
A new AI tool that accurately predicts the need for a feeding tube could transform patient care and improve quality of life for people living with Motor Neuron Disease (MND). The new tool, developed by a team at the University ...
Medical Xpress / Why asthma risk differs by sex: Study links early-life exposures to lung gene networks
A new study has confirmed that male and female lungs are "wired differently" at the molecular level, providing further evidence supporting sex-inclusive respiratory disease research and treatment. The work is published in ...
Medical Xpress / New MRI technique maps fluid velocity distribution in the brain
A new MRI technique called Velocity Spectrum Imaging can map fluid movement in the human brain within a 3D pixel, according to a University of Michigan Engineering study published in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. The non-invasive ...
Medical Xpress / Simple SMS 'nudge' a powerful prompt for timely vaccination
10,000 families participating in research by The Kids Research Institute Australia have demonstrated the effectiveness of a simple text message for increasing the number of children receiving their vaccinations on time. Throughout ...
Medical Xpress / 3D MRI technique guides precision treatment of kids' heart conditions
With a new MRI technique that shows both heart tissue and blood flow simultaneously, physicians can see where heart defects occur and precisely plan to repair them, according to new research. Researchers at Children's Hospital ...
Medical Xpress / Trained laypeople improve blood pressure control in rural Africa, research shows
In rural regions of Africa, high blood pressure often goes untreated because health centers are far away and there is a shortage of health professionals. A study in Lesotho shows that, with the help of a tablet app, villagers ...
Medical Xpress / Common anti-seizure drug prevents Alzheimer's plaques from forming, study shows
While physicians and scientists have long known that Alzheimer's disease involves the buildup of toxic protein fragments in the brain, they have struggled to understand how these harmful fragments are produced. Now, in a ...
Medical Xpress / Single DMT dose treats stress-induced depression more effectively than Prozac in mice
Psychedelics are psychoactive substances that trigger unusual mental states, also referred to as "trips," altering the perceptions, thoughts, and emotions of those taking them and typically inducing hallucinations. Over the ...
Medical Xpress / A single oncolytic virus injection may help T cells infiltrate glioblastoma
A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has shown that a single injection of an oncolytic virus—a genetically modified virus that selectively infects and destroys cancer cells—can ...
Medical Xpress / Major depressive disorder shares immune abnormalities and potential therapies with inflammatory skin diseases
A team of leading clinical research scientists from the Departments of Psychiatry and Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has found that the serum of patients with major depressive disorder shares immune ...
Medical Xpress / New AI tool helps scientists see how cells work together inside diseased tissue
Doctors and scientists have long relied on microscopes to study human tissue and diagnose disease. But today's medical research produces far more information than the human eye alone can handle, including detailed maps of ...
Medical Xpress / Nearly three quarters of US baby foods are ultra-processed, new study finds
An alarming 71% of grocery store baby food products in the United States are classified as ultra-processed foods (UPFs), according to new research published in the journal Nutrients. Researchers at The George Institute for ...
