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Medical Xpress / Emphasizing the strengths of people with depression can help those affected
People suffering from depression demonstrate strength in dealing with their illness on a daily basis, but this is often not perceived as such. Previous studies have shown that instead, they often encounter a contrary narrative ...
Medical Xpress / 'Masculinity crisis': Social media influencers promoting testosterone treatments to young men
Young men are being encouraged to undergo testosterone testing and start hormone therapy through Instagram and TikTok content that promotes unproven health claims while downplaying medical risks, a new international study ...
Medical Xpress / For people with traumatic brain injury and their caregivers, recovery of basic communication is an 'acceptable' outcome
A study of more than 500 people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their caregivers, co-led by researchers at Mass General Brigham, found that survey participants viewed the ability to regain basic communication ...
Medical Xpress / Should you get tested for cervical cancer? Here's what to know
Cervical cancer screenings are considered one of the most significant public health advances of the past 50 years, particularly in detecting HPV (human papillomavirus), the culprit of most cervical cancers.
Tech Xplore / China to ban hidden door handles on cars starting 2027
China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla's electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year.
Phys.org / Western Cascades forests historically saw more fire than previously thought, study indicates
New research led by a University of Oregon ecologist suggests that fire was historically more frequent in the Douglas fir forests of the western Oregon Cascade Range than previously believed.
Medical Xpress / MDGA2 gene malfunction removes brain's excitatory 'brake' to trigger severe epilepsy, study finds
The DGIST Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity has identified MDGA2 as a novel causative gene for developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), a rare and intractable neurological disorder occurring in infancy ...
Medical Xpress / Monthly infusion therapy could make life better for kidney transplant patients
A new study offers hope that kidney transplant patients could one day have a monthly treatment instead of multiple pills every day. The new treatment may also reduce side effects and increase the lifespan of the donor organ. ...
Medical Xpress / Survey finds 93% of IBD community support predictive testing and prevention strategies
A new Crohn's & Colitis Foundation–led survey of more than 1,500 people living with or at risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) found that 93% would be interested in a test to predict their or their family's risk of ...
Tech Xplore / Rural India powers global AI models
Tending crops by day and then logging on for a night shift of data labeling, 27-year-old Chandmani Kerketta is part of a rising rural Indian workforce helping power an artificial intelligence revolution.
Medical Xpress / High blood pressure uncontrolled in 4 out of 5 Americans
Four out of five American adults with high blood pressure don't have their condition under control, putting them at increased risk for heart disease and dementia, a new study says.
Medical Xpress / Use of glucose-lowering SGLT2i drugs may help patients with gout and diabetes take fewer medications
Gout, a type of inflammatory arthritis caused by a buildup of uric acid (urate) in the body, affects 5.1% of U.S. adults (over 12 million), including 10% of those aged 65 or older. Urate is produced by the body when breaking ...
