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Medical Xpress / Study measures behavioral markers of alliance in support groups, viability of machine learning in mental health

People have long turned to support groups to find assurance and connection from others with similar experiences in dealing with some of life's most difficult situations. But little is known about which nonverbal behaviors, ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Mental health professionals urged to do their own evaluations of AI-based tools

Millions of people already chat about their mental health with large language models (LLMs), the conversational form of artificial intelligence. Some providers have integrated LLM-based mental health care tools into routine ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / AI tool shows promise in accurately diagnosing brain tumors without surgery

Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have developed an automated machine learning (AutoML) model that can accurately differentiate between two common types of brain tumors using preoperative MRI scans, potentially improving ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Surgery
Medical Xpress / How maternal distress affects neurological development in children

The first few years of a child's life are at a stage of great brain plasticity and neurodevelopment, and form the foundation for their future cognitive, social, and emotional skills. This period, extending from fetal stage ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Results show long-lasting benefits of CAR T cell therapy for hard-to-treat lymphoma

New three-year follow-up results from the TRANSCEND FL trial show that patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma can achieve durable, multi-year remission with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, ...

Medical Xpress / AI is improving colon cancer diagnosis accuracy, study finds

A recent study reveals that integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into colon cancer diagnosis over the past five years has significantly improved the speed and accuracy of the detection of the deadly disease.

Dec 8, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Novel AI technique can distinguish between progressive brain tumors and radiation necrosis

While targeted radiation can be an effective treatment for brain tumors, subsequent potential necrosis of the treated areas can be hard to distinguish from the tumors on a standard MRI. A new study published today led by ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Lowest suicide rate is in December, but some in media still promote holiday-suicide myth

During the year-end holiday season, the suicide rate declines, U.S. health statistics show. The month of December typically has the year's lowest average daily suicide rate. Yet each year at this time, some news publications ...

Phys.org / UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land loss

The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss that threaten over 1 million ...

Dec 9, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Two deaths linked to rabies-infected kidney transplant

A rare case of rabies linked to an organ transplant has resulted in two deaths, federal health officials announced.

Tech Xplore / New fiber-weaving method boosts dry battery electrode strength and performance

A joint research team has successfully developed a new dry-process manufacturing technology for secondary battery electrodes that overcomes the limitations of conventional electrode fabrication processes. The work is published ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / 'ULM-Lite' technology uses ultrasound to visualize microvessels in the brain

A research team from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) has improved blood vessel observation technology using ultrasound. The team developed "ULM-Lite," which significantly boosts the efficiency ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Radiology & Imaging