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Medical Xpress / Wearable tech returns results of varying accuracy for fitness metrics: Study
Many Americans rely on their Apple Watches or similar devices each day to count their steps, track workouts, and measure how many calories they burn. But are those wearable devices accurate?
Medical Xpress / Team uses AI and microbiome analysis to accurately colorectal cancer through gut bacteria
Researchers have been working toward using the gut microbiome as a clinical target for screening for colorectal cancer. This would ideally allow simple stool tests to be used for early detection of the disease in place of ...
Medical Xpress / Mother's obesity linked to child's heightened hospital admission risk for infection
Children born to mothers who are very obese with a BMI of 35 or higher are at heightened risk of being admitted to hospital for an infection, finds a long-term study published in the open-access journal BMJ Medicine.
Medical Xpress / Time-Critical Questioning: A smarter way to get information when every second counts
A new method for getting life-saving information from people caught in fast-moving situations—such as terror attacks or hostage crises—has wide-reaching potential, according to a new study.
Medical Xpress / Females may be more biochemically sensitive to alcohol long before dependence sets in
Alcohol affects everyone differently, but new research reveals that biological sex may play a bigger role than previously thought.
Medical Xpress / Stem cells thought to be dormant may offer clues to why sense of smell is lost or declines
Using a newly devised, three-dimensional model to study the regeneration of nerve tissue in the nose, researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) and colleagues ...
Medical Xpress / Combination of weight loss drugs may be better for pre-metabolic surgery patients than GLP-1s or dieting alone
For patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 70 or higher, metabolic surgery is a highly effective treatment for this form of extreme obesity. In preparing for this minimally invasive surgery and to increase perioperative ...
Medical Xpress / Study identifies proteins involved in the effectiveness of immunotherapy against blood cancer
A study conducted by researchers at the Center for Cell-Based Therapy (CTC) highlights key proteins and signaling pathways involved in the efficacy of immunotherapy based on CAR-T cells (lymphocytes modified in the laboratory ...
Medical Xpress / Unlocking the Naᵥ1.9 channel: A hidden switch in pain and itch disorders
Imagine not feeling any pain when you stub your toe—or, conversely, experiencing constant burning pain or itching without an obvious cause. For some people, this is reality, caused by mutations in a single protein: the ...
Medical Xpress / Brains vs. bytes: Study compares diagnoses made by AI and clinicians
A University of Maine study has compared how well artificial intelligence models and human clinicians handled complex or sensitive medical cases.
Medical Xpress / Breath analysis enables precise anesthesia dosing for pediatric patients, pilot study shows
Not too much and not too little: the dosage of drugs must be optimally adjusted for general anesthesia. This is no easy task, especially for pediatric patients. A pilot study now shows that breath analysis can help anesthesia ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds powerful sweetener in vapes marketed to teens
A new study has found a super-sweet chemical in illegal flavored e-cigarettes that may make them more appealing to kids and teens.
