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Medical Xpress / AI boosts breast cancer detection by 10.4% in UK screening evaluation
The UK's first comprehensive evaluation of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in breast cancer screening found that it can increase breast cancer detection by 10.4% and has the potential to reduce the workload of health ...
Medical Xpress / Clotting protein presents a potential target in pancreatic cancer
Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that depleting a clotting protein made by the liver could slow down pancreatic cancer. The research, recently published in ...
Medical Xpress / Approved IV drug reduces lupus symptoms, clinical trial finds
An already-approved IV drug significantly reduces the symptoms of lupus, a new clinical trial showed. More than three-quarters of lupus patients taking obinutuzumab (Gazvya) had a significant improvement in their symptoms ...
Medical Xpress / Focused ultrasound subtly primes human brain to respond, EEG study finds
A research team at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a new noninvasive brain stimulation technique, by showing how focused ultrasound affects the human brain. Using brainwave recordings from human participants, the ...
Medical Xpress / Automated screening and education increase urinary incontinence diagnoses
Implementing an automated urinary incontinence screening and education program in primary care practices significantly increased awareness and treatment referrals in women with the condition, according to a recent study published ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists identify the gatekeeper of retinal progenitor cell identity
The retina is a thin layer of neural tissue at the back of the eye that detects light and converts it into signals, sent to the brain. During development, all the specialized neurons in the retina—including photoreceptors ...
Medical Xpress / What fly courtship reveals about the brain: Real-time optogenetics shows social learning
In a German-U.S. collaboration with the participation of the European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen (ENI-G), researchers have shown that fruit flies can adapt their social behavior and learn from these experiences. These ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental vaccine could help turn the tide on America's opioid epidemic
Virginia Tech researchers are advancing a new generation of vaccines designed to block opioids from reaching the brain and triggering their addictive effects, work that could help prevent overdose deaths that now exceed 100,000 ...
Medical Xpress / Does ginkgo help memory? New review finds limited gains, mainly in dementia
An updated systematic review of dozens of studies finds that Ginkgo biloba may offer modest short-term improvements for people with dementia, but shows little to no benefit for individuals with subjective memory complaints, ...
Medical Xpress / How one receptor can help—or hurt—your blood vessels
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have uncovered how a single protein triggers two opposite responses in blood vessels—one inflammatory and one protective. This protein, a cell-surface receptor called ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: A troubling mortality shift for late Gen Xers and early Millennials
Despite major advances in medicine, U.S. life expectancy barely budged in the 2010s, and it still lags that of other wealthy nations. Researchers have pointed to rising "deaths of despair"—drug overdoses, suicides, and ...
Medical Xpress / PV inhibitory neurons, not overall prefrontal cortex decline, linked to cocaine-seeking relapse
Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using. Previously, this phenomenon was attributed to a decline in the function of the ...
