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Medical Xpress / Antibody fragment prevents hemorrhages associated with new Alzheimer's treatments

In 2025, the European Medicines Agency approved two antibodies for Alzheimer's disease: lecanemab (LeqembiTM, from Biogen) and donanemab (Kisunla, from Eli Lilly and Co.), both based on immunotherapy (the use of molecules ...

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Medical Xpress / Integrated care may cut ER visits and hospital stays for adults with developmental disabilities

University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University researchers have found that adults with developmental disabilities who have integrated care were less likely to go to the emergency room or be hospitalized than those who ...

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Phys.org / Africa's climate crisis is a legal crisis too: What are states' duties under human rights law?

A landmark climate case is being heard by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. The request was brought by the Pan African Lawyers Union and other African civil society organizations. They've asked the court to ...

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Medical Xpress / Common arthritis drugs reduce systemic Sjögren's disease activity in 24 weeks

A combination of two widely available anti-rheumatic drugs offers the first effective and affordable treatment for patients with Sjögren's disease with systemic disease activity, according to new results from a clinical trial ...

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Medical Xpress / Researchers discover way to inhibit brain cancer's infiltration mechanism in glioblastoma

A team of experimental oncology researchers at the University of Alberta is shedding light on how the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma spreads. In newly published research, they identify a potential treatment target to slow ...

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Medical Xpress / Drug nearly doubles survival in advanced pancreatic cancer—how daraxonrasib overcame an 'undruggable' disease

For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low. For patients who were diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer between 2015 and 2021, about 97% died within five years of their diagnosis.

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Phys.org / Q&A: Why are white-Black marriage rates so low?

Americans rarely marry outside of their race or class in a nation where residential segregation is relatively common. It is a dynamic widely viewed as a contributing factor to income inequality and intergenerational social ...

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Medical Xpress / GLP-1-based meds are linked to fewer heart events in adults with obesity, autoimmune disease

Among adults with both obesity and an autoimmune disease, those taking a glucagon-like peptide-receptor 1 agonist (GLP-1RA) medication had lower rates of emergency department visits and were less likely to experience serious ...

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Medical Xpress / Clarifying the interplay between host and gut microbiota in selenium metabolism

Selenium (Se) is an essential trace mineral found in everyday dietary items, such as seafood, meat, and whole grains. Our bodies depend on it for many biological functions, from the synthesis of antioxidant enzymes to immune ...

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Phys.org / Birth rates are declining in most of the world—here's why it really matters

Birth rates have been declining worldwide since the peak of the post-Second World War baby boom. Birth rates have now reached below replacement in most of the world, including Australia. Put simply, populations on average ...

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Phys.org / Smart surfaces face zero gravity test in boiling heat experiments

A research team led by Davoud Jafari at the University of Twente, in collaboration with the University of Pisa, has completed a series of parabolic flight experiments to investigate advanced smart surfaces under rapidly changing ...

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Medical Xpress / Cohort makes data from more than 5,800 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 available to the scientific community

The Biostatistics Unit at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), in collaboration with researchers from several Catalan health care and research institutions, has published the DIVINE study database in Scientific ...

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