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Medical Xpress / Study of 5.8 billion medicines dispensed in England exposes stark health inequalities

Scientists have revealed striking inequalities and changing trends in medicines dispensing for more than 52 million people living in England during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Brain workouts both inside and outside school walls may shape dementia risk

The experiences children have in classrooms, at home and in their communities may help build a cognitive buffer that protects against or delays dementia later in life. A new University of Michigan study published in Alzheimer's ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Review focuses on sustaining smoking cessation support in lung cancer screening programs

Researchers from Flinders University say that building lung cancer screening programs that include strong, consistent and long-term quit-smoking support could play a crucial role in preventing smoking-related deaths. The ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Hospital addiction consultation service may improve outcomes at low cost

Helping hospitalized patients begin treatment for opioid use disorder may improve outcomes at a reasonable financial cost, according to a study co-led by investigators at Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University. The analysis, ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Cooling ingredients in vapes might cause irregular heartbeats

For years, flavor additives in e-cigarettes have been largely viewed as a secondary concern compared with nicotine. Research and regulation have focused on addiction, nicotine delivery and, more recently, the respiratory ...

17 hours ago
Phys.org / Researcher explores how sacrifice shapes judgments

As global audiences follow ongoing conflicts, stories of personal sacrifice often stand out. New research from the Kelley School of Business shows that people across the United States consistently view self-sacrificial actions ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How H. pylori uses extracellular vesicles to drive stomach cancer

Scientists at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research have discovered how Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium responsible for most stomach cancers and peptic ulcers, delivers a key disease-causing protein into human cells. ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Novel electronic health record-based marker can identify at-risk transplant patients and reduce organ rejection

A new multicenter study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai suggests that a novel electronic health record-based marker can help clinicians identify transplant patients at high risk for organ ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / FDA approves combination therapy for higher-risk clear cell kidney cancer after surgery

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy, plus belzutifan, a HIF-2α inhibitor, as adjuvant treatment for adult patients with renal cell carcinoma with a clear cell component ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Going swimming? Here's how to keep your eyes safe: Q&A with pediatric optometrist

As temperatures rise and people head to the pool or large bodies of water to cool off, Emma Stahr, OD, an instructor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Ophthalmology and a pediatric optometrist at Children's ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Biological content of blood-derived treatment could affect common arthritis

Injections of platelet-rich plasma made from a patient's own blood are increasingly used to treat knee osteoarthritis, but their use is not widely accepted, and the treatment does not work for everyone. Investigators from ...

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Scientist creates 'mini‑universe' to measure time without a clock

A University of Birmingham scientist has built a "mini-universe" that takes a step toward answering one of science's biggest questions: "What is time?" Publishing his findings in Physical Review Research, Professor Giovanni ...

Jun 12, 2026