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Medical Xpress / Protective microglia subtype offers potential therapeutic pathway in Alzheimer's disease
In Alzheimer's disease—the leading cause of dementia—microglia, the brain's immune defenders, can act as both protectors and aggressors, shaping how the disease progresses.
Medical Xpress / Why cancer immunotherapy isn't effective for everyone
A study led by André Veillette, a researcher at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Montreal, sheds new light on the complexity of the immune system ...
Medical Xpress / Multidimensional map shows how the brain develops—and how it resolves inflammation
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Yale University have created a multidimensional, molecular map of how the mouse brain develops after birth and how it reacts to inflammation. The study, which is published in Nature, ...
Medical Xpress / Problems with regulating emotions during pregnancy may help predict perinatal depression
Around 1 in 5 mothers experience perinatal depression. This condition involves depressive episodes during pregnancy or just after birth—often with lasting effects on both mother and child.
Medical Xpress / Study finds heart health in midlife predicts dementia risk in older age
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by University College London researchers.
Medical Xpress / Existing drug could reduce breast cancer risk in pre-menopausal women
A University of Manchester study reveals a drug approved for use in other conditions could be repurposed as a preventive breast cancer treatment in women before menopause.
Medical Xpress / Greater exposure to greenness linked to fewer hospital stays for mental disorders
Higher levels of greenness are associated with lower risks of hospital admissions for mental disorders, finds an analysis of data from seven countries over two decades, published in The BMJ's climate issue.
Medical Xpress / Radiotherapy after mastectomy can be avoided, study finds
Radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and are taking anti-cancer drugs, a study shows.
Medical Xpress / Scientists create artificial retina phantom to standardize eye disease diagnosis equipment
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a retina-mimicking eye phantom that faithfully replicates the structural layers and microvascular network of the human retina. This innovation provides ...
Medical Xpress / Common antibiotic may reduce schizophrenia risk, study suggests
A commonly prescribed antibiotic could help reduce the risk of some young people developing schizophrenia, new research published in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests.
Medical Xpress / Donor kidneys perform better after machine perfusion, 10-year follow-up finds
A long-term follow-up study from a consortium of six European countries, coordinated by the department of Surgery of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) shows that, even 10 years after transplantation, deceased-donor ...
Medical Xpress / General anesthesia during clot-removal surgery leads to better neurological outcomes at 3 months
Patients who undergo general anesthesia while receiving a specialized surgery to treat strokes have better outcomes than patients who are moderately sedated, according to new research led by UTHealth Houston.
