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Medical Xpress / Those who care for family members with Alzheimer's experience poorer health and increased cellular aging

Brittany Butts understands that for many families, Alzheimer's comes as a double burden. As a teenager, she watched not only her grandmother's mental decline from the disease but also her aunt's struggles as the primary caregiver.

Dec 8, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Old habits die hard: Study shows most young nicotine, cannabis users are still lighting up

Young Americans use nicotine, tobacco and cannabis in multiple ways, but smoking those items—the most dangerous method—is still involved for most users, a new University of Michigan study found.

Dec 8, 2025 in Addiction
Medical Xpress / It's so hard to resist overspending at Christmas—here's how to reinforce your willpower

We often throw caution to the cold, dark wind of December when it comes to spending. The cost-of-living crisis may slip our minds amid the razzle-dazzle of Christmas. We just want a moment to enjoy ourselves, to forget about ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Comprehensive map reveals neuronal dendrites in the mouse brain in greater detail

Understanding the shape or morphology of neurons and mapping the tree-like branches via which they receive signals from other cells (i.e., dendrites) is a long-standing objective of neuroscience research. Ultimately, this ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Social media use linked to gradual decline in children's attention span

Children who spend a significant amount of time on social media tend to experience a gradual decline in their ability to concentrate. This is according to a comprehensive study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Pediatrics ...

Medical Xpress / AI tools help choose best embryos for IVF

Artificial intelligence tools can now help choose the most promising embryos for in vitro fertilization (IVF), although experts have warned of some ethical concerns.

Dec 8, 2025 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Archaeological study challenges paleo diet, revealing humans have long eaten 'processed plant foods'

Humans evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be the ultimate flexible eaters—chasing carbohydrates and fats from plant and animal sources alike. A new study in the Journal of Archaeological Research by researchers ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Putting pig organs in people is OK in the US, but growing human organs in pigs is not. Why is that?

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient. The kidney had been engineered to mimic human tissue and was grown ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Surgery
Medical Xpress / Depression more common among women with gynecological disorders, study finds

Gynecological disorders such as endometriosis, PCOS, and menstrual irregularities are common and often associated with pain and disruption to everyday life. They are typically diagnosed late, and many women experience both ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Men and women may need different medications to avoid broken bones

A new international study published in Osteoporosis International and led by Monash's Center for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS) has investigated the risks of a second hip fracture, subsequent fractures, and death in people ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Medications
Medical Xpress / 'Coming out' linked to increased suicide risk in sexual minority youth

For sexual minority youth, identity disclosure is associated with an increased risk for suicide intention, plan, and attempt, according to a study published online Dec. 3 in Pediatrics.

Dec 8, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Why we created a phone-sized device to take blood diagnostics out of the lab into the real world

When your doctor thinks you might have an infection or an allergy, a simple blood test should give answers within hours. But for much of the world, that test can take days—or never happen at all. The problem is not usually ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Biomedical technology