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Medical Xpress / Babies with congenital heart disease have altered brain networks, research reveals
The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences neurodevelopment. Jung-Hoon Kim and Catherine Limperopoulos, from Children's National Hospital, led a study examining ...
Medical Xpress / Cancer patients want to participate in difficult decisions
"Patients do not want to be shielded from difficult treatment decisions," says Associate Professor Jannicke Rabben at Norway's University of Agder (UiA). "Even patients who say that the doctor knows best often want to be ...
Tech Xplore / Smart pillow lets users stream podcasts and music with hugs and presses
A "smart pillow" that enables people to access digital content at bedtime without looking at screens could help cut down on problematic evening smartphone use, its inventors say. Computing scientists at the University of ...
Medical Xpress / Single 20-minute bike workout boosts memory-linked hippocampal 'ripples' in humans
A single session of physical exercise can spawn a boost of neural activity in brain networks that underlie learning and memory, according to a new study led by the University of Iowa.
Phys.org / New fossil reveals the weird 'tooth cushions' of an apex predator from 425 million years ago
Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth.
Phys.org / The Maya engineering paradox: Masters of water, prisoners of mercury
Under the supervision of Université de Montréal archaeology professor Christina Halperin, Ph.D. student Jean Tremblay spent six years, from 2018 to 2024, studying how the Mayan city of Ucanal managed its drinking water. ...
Medical Xpress / Former American football players show higher risk of later-life memory and mental health issues
American football is a high-octane contact sport in which repetitive head impacts (RHI) are a common sight. Researchers investigated the link between playing football and brain health, memory, and mental well-being later ...
Medical Xpress / Machine learning finds four behavior symptom profiles tied to early dementia processes
Behavioral changes—such as anxiety, depression, irritability, apathy or agitation, collectively known as neuropsychiatric symptoms—may appear long before a dementia diagnosis. A new study from Karolinska Institutet and ...
Medical Xpress / A potential broad coronavirus drug target: Blocking tRNA-modifying enzymes slows viral proteins
Coronaviruses not only use the machinery of the human cells they infect: they modify them to achieve optimal conditions to produce viral proteins and thus spread more quickly. This is the main conclusion of a study by Pompeu ...
Medical Xpress / Team approach, low-cost interventions lead to major reduction in opioid prescriptions after surgery
A novel team approach founded on a culture change among clinicians and doctor-patient communication successfully reduced post-surgical opioid use, a new study led by University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Mediterranean diet protects against fractures while calorie restriction increases bone breakdown, study finds
A Mediterranean diet can significantly lower the risk of hip and overall fractures, according to a major new review from the University of Chester. Researchers from the University's Medical School have closely analyzed 30 ...
Medical Xpress / Human intestinal cell model enables precise detection of drug-induced barrier damage
Researchers have developed a human intestinal cell model that closely mimics the structure and function of the human gut, enabling more precise prediction of drug-induced gastrointestinal toxicity during the preclinical stage ...
