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Medical Xpress / Novel drug combination offers hope for men with advanced prostate cancer
A new drug combination could significantly delay the progression of a life-threatening form of prostate cancer in men with specific genetic mutations, finds a major international trial led by UCL researchers.
Medical Xpress / Widely-prescribed opioid painkiller tramadol not significantly effective for easing chronic pain, analysis finds
The strong opioid painkiller tramadol is not significantly effective at easing the chronic pain for which it's widely prescribed, finds a pooled data analysis of the available research, published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.
Medical Xpress / Microplastics found to change gut microbiome in first human-sample study
New research presented at UEG Week 2025 shows that microplastics—plastic particles smaller than 5 mm commonly found in the environment—can alter the human gut microbiome, with some changes resembling patterns linked to ...
Medical Xpress / Sleep patterns linked to variation in health, cognition, lifestyle and brain organization
Researchers led by Aurore Perrault at Concordia University, Canada and Valeria Kebets at McGill University, Canada, have used a complex data-driven analysis to uncover relationships among multiple aspects of sleep and individual ...
Medical Xpress / Whole genome sequencing could match more breast cancer patients to tailored therapies and trials
Whole genome sequencing offered to breast cancer patients is likely to identify unique genetic features that could either guide immediate treatment or help match patients to clinical trials, say scientists at the University ...
Medical Xpress / The loser's brain: How neuroscience controls social behavior
Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions. Such hierarchies aren't just limited ...
Medical Xpress / Depression genetics differ by sex: Study find females carry higher risk than males do
Important genetic differences in how females and males experience depression have been revealed for the first time in findings that could pave the way for more targeted intervention and treatments.
Medical Xpress / Scientists create ChatGPT-like AI model for neuroscience to build one of the most detailed mouse brain maps to date
In a powerful fusion of AI and neuroscience, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Allen Institute designed an AI model that has created one of the most detailed maps of the mouse brain to ...
Medical Xpress / How non-neuronal brain cells communicate to coordinate rewiring of the brain
A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different cell types in the brain—astrocytes and microglia—communicate in response to changes in sensory ...
Medical Xpress / Instructions help you remember something better than emotions or a good night's sleep, scientists find
A good night's sleep has long been understood to help us consolidate new memories, but we don't understand how. Associations with negative feelings like fear or stress can improve recall, but intentionally trying to remember ...
Medical Xpress / Novel blood test for chronic fatigue achieves 96% accuracy
Scientists at the University of East Anglia and Oxford Biodynamics have developed a high accuracy blood test to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).
Medical Xpress / AI-radar system tracks subtle health changes by assessing patient's walk
Engineering and health researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a radar and artificial intelligence (AI) system that can monitor multiple people walking in busy hospitals and long-term care facilities to identify ...
