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Medical Xpress / Dementia could cost US $818 billion in 2026, with unpaid care driving burden
A new USC-led study finds Alzheimer's disease and related dementias will cost the United States an estimated $818 billion this year, driven largely by often-overlooked costs to persons living with dementia and family and ...
Medical Xpress / Personalized brain imaging may improve outcomes for treatment-resistant depression
A new randomized clinical trial from investigators at Mass General Brigham's Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychiatry suggests that using personalized brain imaging to guide transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) ...
Medical Xpress / Trials of two Ebola treatments to start in DRC next week: WHO
Trials of two separate potential treatments to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are expected to begin next week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Medical Xpress / Six-month results confirm feasibility and early success of first in-human combined bladder-kidney transplant
The first-in-human fully vascularized bladder graft transplanted with a kidney has reached a promising six-month milestone, according to a new feasibility study published in The Lancet. The procedure, performed in May 2025, ...
Medical Xpress / Parasitic worms may help scientists develop therapies for inflammatory conditions
A parasitic worm might be the impetus behind a new generation of medicine. In a recent review in published in Clinical & Translational Immunology, Neima Briggs, MD, Ph.D., instructor of medicine (infectious diseases) at Yale ...
Medical Xpress / Tourist hotspots could be creating new routes for parasite transmission
Researchers from the University of Lincoln have contributed to an international study examining how interactions between people, free-roaming dogs and wildlife at urban tourist destinations may create opportunities for parasite ...
Medical Xpress / How zebrafish might be key to unlocking treatments for hereditary disease CADASIL
CADASIL, which stands for "cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy," is a hereditary disease that damages the brain's small blood vessels, causing recurrent strokes. Over ...
Phys.org / Buyer beware: Your sustainable shopping choices may not be as green as they look
New research reveals that many "green" claims are almost impossible to verify, often masking the full truth. University of Technology (UTS) professor of marketing Natalina Zlatevska said shoppers often rely on the labels ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds psychological and urogenital menopause symptoms similar regardless of timing of menopause
There has been a lot of discussion about how the age at menopause can affect menopause symptoms. A new study compared the prevalence and severity of menopause symptoms in women experiencing menopause around the average age ...
Phys.org / Major power outage in France as Europe wilts under record heat
Europe braced Wednesday for another day of a sweltering heat wave that has smashed records, left tens of thousands of people without power and sent air conditioner sales zooming on a continent unused to and ill-equipped to ...
Medical Xpress / Mom's good heart health lowers risk of baby's developmental delays
Want to give your baby the best start in life? Then tend to your heart health, both prior to and during pregnancy, a new study says.
Medical Xpress / Medicare's AI push snarls patients and doctors in errors and delays
Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an epidural in his ...
