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Medical Xpress / An fMRI marker of Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline

Researchers at Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Radboud University and the University of Oxford's Wellcome Center for Integrative Neuroimaging, report that attenuation of the brain's intrinsic anticorrelation between the default ...

Medical Xpress / Musicians drift less in blindfolded walk: Could musical training be utilized in cognitive rehabilitation?

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Université de Montréal report that extensive musical training can steady the body in space, both with and without guiding sounds, during a blindfolded stepping test.

Nov 25, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / How antibody therapy clears Alzheimer's plaques: Key immune mechanism identified

Lecanemab, sold under the name Leqembi, is a monoclonal antibody therapy for Alzheimer's disease that clears toxic amyloid plaques and delays cognitive decline. Researchers from VIB and KU Leuven have now demonstrated the ...

Medical Xpress / Alternative sweetener sorbitol linked to liver disease

Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier alternatives to food with refined sugar (glucose). But that assumption is being challenged with new ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / Metabolic roots of memory loss: Early obesity and low choline levels linked to brain inflammation risk

For decades, scientists have known that what harms the body often harms the brain. Conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and insulin resistance strain the body's vascular and metabolic systems. Over time, that stress ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Daily coffee drinking may slow biological aging of people with major mental illness

Drinking a maximum of 3–4 cups of coffee a day may slow the "biological" aging of people with severe mental illness, by lengthening their telomeres—indicators of cellular aging—and giving them the equivalent of 5 extra ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Scientists develop one-product-fits-all immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest forms of cancer, with most patients diagnosed after the disease has already spread throughout the body. The five-year survival rate for metastatic cases hovers around 2–3%, and median ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Study reveals unexpected link between dopamine and serotonin in the brain

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Columbia University and the University of San Francisco, have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which dopamine, a key brain chemical vital for movement and motivation, can affect ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Fame itself may be critical factor in shortening singers' lives, research suggests

Fame itself may be a critical factor in shortening singers' lives beyond the hazards of the job—at least those in the UK/Europe and North America—suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Scientists identify five structural eras of the human brain over a lifetime

Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support different ways of thinking while we grow, mature, and ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Why the 'gut brain' plays a central role for allergies

An international research team led by scientists from Bern and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin has identified a previously unknown function of the intestinal nervous system.

Nov 25, 2025 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Newly identified immune cell type could hold key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

Researchers at the University of Arizona have uncovered a previously unknown population of circulating immune cells that play a critical role in fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue that can lead to organ failure and disfigurement. ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Immunology