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Medical Xpress / High-intensity interval training boosts muscle mitochondria, study shows
Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark investigated how eight weeks of high-intensity interval training affect the structure of mitochondria—the parts of muscle cells that produce energy. The study shows that ...
Medical Xpress / Elevated heart failure risk identified in adults with prediabetes, hypertension and subclinical heart injury or stress
A new study from researchers led by Johns Hopkins Medicine reports substantial new evidence that elevated blood biomarkers of subclinical heart injury or stress—heart muscle damage without symptoms of a heart attack—are ...
Medical Xpress / The tryptophan switch? Why exercise boosts your mood
One in five Canadians is living with mental health challenges such as anxiety and depression at any one time.
Medical Xpress / Small drop in measles vaccinations tied to big jump in cases
Even a slight decrease in measles vaccinations could spark a seven-fold increase in new cases, a new report says. Just a 1% annual drop in the rate of MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) childhood jabs could prompt 17,000 measles ...
Medical Xpress / Stay or stray? Why some gut microbes persist after fecal transplants
Scientists have identified why some gut microbes successfully stay in the gut after fecal transplants, while others are much more transient. The King's College London discovery could help make the treatment—which involves ...
Medical Xpress / Global physical activity remains low despite two decades of guideline updates
The prevalence of physical activity among the global population has remained low for the last two decades despite a majority of countries making notable progress in developing policies that include physical activity, UTHealth ...
Medical Xpress / New research brings hope for earlier detection of pre-eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia is a life-threatening pregnancy complication that can strike suddenly, endangering both mother and child. Despite affecting roughly one in twenty pregnancies worldwide, clinicians have long lacked a reliable ...
Phys.org / How old is the universe? The oldest stars give us a clue
Researchers from the University of Bologna and the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) along with other institutes have proposed a new way to address the Hubble tension by comparing estimates of the universe's ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: How a tiny cellular portal could open vast possibilities for medicine
Inside each of your cells lies a nucleus, its master command center. Protected inside each nucleus are your chromosomes, containing all the genetic instructions for making proteins. To keep the body operating smoothly, proteins, ...
Medical Xpress / Cancer patients want to participate in difficult decisions
"Patients do not want to be shielded from difficult treatment decisions," says Associate Professor Jannicke Rabben at Norway's University of Agder (UiA). "Even patients who say that the doctor knows best often want to be ...
Phys.org / How a shift in the Gulf Stream could signal the collapse of a major ocean current system
Changes in the Gulf Stream, a strong ocean current in the Atlantic, could serve as an early warning of the imminent collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The AMOC is a massive system of ocean ...
Medical Xpress / Support, educate, empower coaching program tied to improved glaucoma meds adherence
A Support, Educate, Empower (SEE) glaucoma coaching program improves medication adherence compared with standard written education, according to a study published online Feb. 26 in JAMA Ophthalmology.