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Medical Xpress / Alternating-pressure mattress design could reduce risk of bed sores
A team of engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, working with a colleague from K Medical LLC, has developed a pressurized mattress that reduces the likelihood of developing bed sores for bedbound patients. ...
Medical Xpress / Eight-month-old babies can adapt their learning style to changing situations
Babies as young as eight months old can adapt their learning style to changing situations, according to research by Francesco Poli of the Donders Institute at Radboud University. This is the first time that babies have been ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cells promoting tumor growth? How dying cancer cells turn their enemies into allies
Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan studied what happens when macrophages—a type of immune cell—encounter dying cancer cells in tumors and discovered a mechanism that accelerates tumor growth. When cancer cells begin ...
Medical Xpress / How the brain amplifies perception of pain from multiple sources
When pain strikes from multiple sources—such as a paper cut followed by contact with hot water—the experience can feel disproportionately intense. But is this agony merely additive, or does the brain integrate these signals ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers capture first signs of ovarian cancer risk
Little is known about what causes ovarian cancer, and there is no way to detect it early yet. About 75% of the time when someone is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, it has already progressed to stage 3 or stage 4, which means ...
Medical Xpress / Space-based experiment opens new avenues in Alzheimer's research
A collaborative team of researchers has succeeded in revealing the high-resolution structures of amyloid β (Aβ40) fibrils carrying the Tottori-type familial mutation (D7N) by leveraging the microgravity environment aboard ...
Medical Xpress / Sleep data from wearable device may help predict preterm birth
Preterm birth complications are the primary cause of death among children under age 5, and nearly 75% could be prevented with interventions, according to the World Health Organization. While the causes leading to preterm ...
Medical Xpress / Where a very preterm baby is born may affect survival odds and hospital time
Nearly one in every 10 infants in the United States is born preterm, or before 37 weeks of gestational age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infants born with very low birthweights—under 3.3 ...
Medical Xpress / Olympians' hearts in focus: Study reveals elite rowers' surprising AFib risk
A new study involving 121 former elite rowers from Australia has revealed one in five develops atrial fibrillation (AFib).
Medical Xpress / Surgery plus speech therapy linked to improved language after stroke
Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to communicate after a stroke than intensive speech therapy alone, finds a clinical trial published by The ...
Medical Xpress / Monthly obesity shot shows big weight loss in trial
Alternatives to weekly injections of weight-loss drugs may be on the way. A monthly dose of a new drug called MariTide helped participants in a phase 2 clinical trial shed about 20% of their body weight over a year, researchers ...
Medical Xpress / How AI is becoming a new social presence that could change human relationships and brain functions
As artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and virtual agents become part of everyday life—from customer service and health care to personal companionship—a critical question arises: How do these AI interactions affect ...
