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Medical Xpress / Approved cancer drug may reduce kidney damage linked to nail-patella syndrome
Researchers led by Dr. Ralph Witzgall, a professor at the Chair of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy at the University of Regensburg, have deciphered a key disease mechanism underlying the hereditary kidney disorder nail-patella ...
Medical Xpress / Survey participants less likely to recommend life-sustaining care for patients with dementia, despite documented wishes
People were about 19 percentage points less likely to recommend life-sustaining treatment for a seriously ill patient with dementia than for a patient without dementia, even when an advance directive requested life-sustaining ...
Medical Xpress / Cancer trial drug may work differently than scientists believed, raising concerns for clinical research
A cancer drug currently being tested in patients may have entered clinical trials based on an incorrect understanding of how it works, according to a new study led by the University of Sydney in collaboration with Goethe ...
Medical Xpress / Minimally invasive technique offers lasting relief for carpal tunnel syndrome
A minimally invasive ultrasound-guided technique offers long-term relief for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome with fewer side effects than steroids, according to a new study published in Radiology.
Medical Xpress / Blocking a nerve protein could interrupt chronic pain rather than simply mask it
Chronic pain can continue long after an initial injury. When a nerve outside the brain and spinal cord (a peripheral nerve) is damaged and does not heal properly, it keeps sending constant pain signals. Over time, this nonstop ...
Medical Xpress / Do you really need to fast before every blood test? New study suggests not
Even a routine blood test may come with an overnight fasting requirement. Many medical practices still ask patients to go without food for 8–12 hours before blood is drawn. While the protocol was originally recommended for ...
Medical Xpress / Childhood obesity less common under new health-based definition
A new global definition of clinical obesity classifies far fewer children as obese than widely used body mass index (BMI) thresholds, according to a large international study. The findings could lead to changes in how childhood ...
Medical Xpress / Even brief e-cigarette use can cause lasting lung damage and weaken defenses against respiratory viruses, study suggests
Just days of e-cigarette vapor exposure can injure the lungs' most delicate tissue and leave it more vulnerable to viral infection, according to a study led by National Jewish Health researchers and published in JCI Insight.
Medical Xpress / Why chronic low back pain feels 'personal'
Low back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. For people with chronic low back pain (cLBP) lasting more than 12 weeks, a sudden pain flare triggered by movement ...
Medical Xpress / Antifungal use during pregnancy shows link to altered hormone levels in babies
Many pregnant women develop fungal infections, which are often treated with widely used azole-based antifungal medicines. A new study involving researchers from the DTU National Food Institute and Copenhagen University Hospital ...
Medical Xpress / Two studies link elevated ear protein levels in blood to tinnitus
When Dr. Kourosh Parham conceived a first-of-its-kind blood test for tinnitus, he knew further research was needed to confirm a link between a unique ear protein and the common hearing disorder. To validate his theory, the ...
Medical Xpress / Promising nonopioid approach for reducing neuropathic pain disrupts a protein interaction
Understanding and treating chronic neuropathic pain has remained challenging due to its complex nature. New research from the lab of Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, Ph.D., at Boston Children's Hospital's FM Kirby Neurobiology Center ...
