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Tech Xplore / User privacy in digital databases: New metric allows for more accurate assessment

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE), an entity under the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration through the Secretariat of State ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Internet
Medical Xpress / The role emotions play in inflammatory bowel disease

Many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from abdominal pain even between acute inflammatory flare-ups. Altered processing of pain in response to fear may be involved. This is the conclusion of a research ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Inflammatory disorders
Medical Xpress / Brain stimulation during sleep boosts weak memories in mice

Manipulating mouse brains during sleep improved their ability to remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten—a finding with important implications for treating Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Exploring how misguided antibodies cause attacks on the nervous system

A review on autoimmune neurological diseases reveals what occurs in our body when the immune system, by mistake, produces antibodies that target a protein essential for the normal functioning of nerves. The result is hyperexcitability, ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Study shows why mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis

Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause heart damage in some young men and adolescents—and they've shown a possible route to reducing its ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Cardiology
Phys.org / Roman urbanism was bad for health, new study confirms

Analysis of skeletal remains from England before and during Roman occupation confirms theories that the population's health declined under Roman occupation, but only in the urban centers, suggesting pre-Roman traditions continued ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / First Andean trophy head with cleft lip/palate identified from southern Peru

In a recent study, Dr. Beth Scaffidi analyzed the images of a unique trophy head from southern Peru. The study diagnosed the individual as having had a cleft lip/palate (CLP), making him the first case of an Andean trophy ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / How CAR T-cell therapies target myeloma at the molecular level

In multiple myeloma, plasma cells proliferate uncontrollably in the bone marrow, disrupting the growth of healthy blood-forming cells. If the disease recurs after treatment or fails to respond, CAR T-cell therapy may be considered. ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / Infant-inspired framework helps robots learn to interact with objects

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of advanced systems that can move around in their surroundings and complete various tasks. Most of these robots can effectively collect images and other data ...

Dec 9, 2025 in Robotics
Medical Xpress / Get to know your microbiome: It can improve gut health and more, expert explains

Resolutions to improve health typically include measures such as more exercise, a healthier diet and stopping smoking. But what about your gut microbiome? Taking steps to protect and improve it can benefit digestive health ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / AI tool can detect missed Alzheimer's diagnoses while reducing disparities

Researchers at UCLA have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can use electronic health records to identify patients with undiagnosed Alzheimer's disease, addressing a critical gap in Alzheimer's care: significant ...

Medical Xpress / Farm-living families develop earlier immune maturation against food allergies, study finds

Children who grow up in farming communities have long been known to develop far fewer allergies than their urban peers. A new study from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), offers one possible reason why: their ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Immunology