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Medical Xpress / Blocking NOX-1 enzyme may extend ketamine's antidepressant effects
Treatment-resistant depression affects a large proportion of people with major depressive disorder, and while ketamine offers rapid relief, its antidepressant effects fade within a few weeks. Now, researchers from Japan have ...
Phys.org / How scientists prepare expeditions in remote environments
Scientific expeditions require months of planning before scientists can acquire the first data. A bark cuts through the Arctic silence, waking Anna up. She slept only three hours after collecting the last sample. Anna reaches ...
Medical Xpress / New analytical method reveals how drug combinations act in leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains one of the most difficult blood cancers to treat. Although drug combinations are often more effective than single agents, their true mechanisms of action have been poorly understood. A ...
Phys.org / Potential disease marker, therapeutic target for cats with osteoarthritis identified
By comparing osteoarthritis pain pathways known to be active in dogs and humans to those in cats with degenerative joint disease (DJD), researchers found that elevation of a particular molecule, artemin, could serve as a ...
Medical Xpress / Triglyceride-lowering drug does not affect plaque in arteries at one year in patients with elevated triglycerides: Study
Despite experiencing significant reductions in triglycerides, patients with triglycerides over 150 mg/dL and a high risk of atherosclerosis did not experience any significant change in the amount of non-calcified plaque in ...
Medical Xpress / What you should know about the new COVID-19 'Cicada' variant
A new COVID-19 variant that some have dubbed the "Cicada" variant is quietly spreading across the globe, carrying an unusually high number of mutations that could help it slip past existing immunity, public health experts ...
Phys.org / 'Toad-proofing' farms could help stop the march of invasive pest
Curtin University research has found farmers making small changes to how they give water to cattle in semi-arid regions could halt the spread of one of Australia's most damaging invasive species—all without disrupting farming ...
Medical Xpress / Can I drive when taking medicinal cannabis? Is it safe?
Your doctor has just prescribed medicinal cannabis. You think it's helping. But you rely on your car to get to work and pick up the kids.
Tech Xplore / Eco-friendly plastic plates could replace steel bars in concrete
Researchers at the University of Sharjah have demonstrated that concrete can be reinforced using polymer plates instead of steel bars, with the new material showing superior strength, ductility, and energy dissipation. The ...
Medical Xpress / Medical schools no longer required to teach health inequities
Future doctors may no longer be required to learn about how social and economic factors affect health.
Medical Xpress / First European human case of H9N2 bird flu reported in Italy: What you need to know
The first human case of H9N2 influenza virus (bird flu) has been reported in Europe. A human infection was recorded by the Italian Ministry of Health on March 25, 2026.
Medical Xpress / Changing the long search for rare disease diagnoses with new AI breakthrough
A newly developed AI tool can dramatically speed up the search for the genetic causes of rare diseases, a process that often takes years and frequently ends without answers. The tool analyzes how genes have evolved across ...
