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Out-of-body experiences may help the brain cope with trauma

Out-of-body experiences – where people feel like spirits disconnected from their physical form – may be a coping mechanism triggered by trauma or other overwhelming stress, new University of Virginia School of Medicine research suggests.

13 Jun 2025

Kennedy’s HHS sent Congress ‘junk science’ to defend vaccine changes, experts say

A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to change U.S. policy on covid vaccines cites scientific studies that are unpublished or under dispute and mischaracterizes others.

13 Jun 2025

Short peptides show promise in blocking breast cancer metastasis

A surgeon can excise breast cancer from the body, but even the most skilled scalpel may not be able to remove every cell - especially when the cells have spread from the original disease site elsewhere in the body.

13 Jun 2025

Gene therapy shows long-term success in hemophilia B patients

A gene transfer approach to treating the bleeding disorder hemophilia B remains safe and effective long-term, as scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and University College London today report thirteen years of follow-up data.

12 Jun 2025

Digital marker could enhance accuracy of pediatric asthma risk prediction

Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a more accurate and cost-effective method to predict asthma diagnoses in children by using readily available electronic health records.

11 Jun 2025

Targeting metabolic reprogramming in breast cancer treatment

Breast cancer remains the most prevalent malignancy among women worldwide, posing a critical challenge to global health.

11 Jun 2025

John Oldham redefines the landscape of personality disorders

In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, John M. Oldham, MD, MS, one of psychiatry's most influential architects of personality disorder theory, traces his remarkable journey from frontier medicine roots in Oklahoma to revolutionizing how mental health professionals understand and diagnose personality pathology.

11 Jun 2025

Italian researcher sheds light on the lasting psychiatric impact of childhood trauma

In a revealing Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Sara Poletti, PhD, senior researcher at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milan, illuminates the profound connections between childhood adversity and lifelong vulnerability to psychiatric disorders through persistent neuroinflammation pathways and alterations in brain structure.

11 Jun 2025

Using causal machine learning to identify potential ALS treatments

Potential treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases may already be out there in the form of drugs prescribed for other conditions.

10 Jun 2025

Digital twin technology improves diabetes control with artificial pancreas

New technology that allows a University of Virginia-developed artificial pancreas system to adapt to users' changing bodies – and lets users test changes to how the system operates – improved control of their type 1 diabetes, a study has found.

10 Jun 2025

Dr. Stephen Ross’s research into psychedelic medicine expands therapeutic frontiers

In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview published today, Dr. Stephen Ross, a leading figure in psychedelic medicine at New York University (NYU), reveals how a serendipitous conversation in 2006 launched his journey into investigating psychedelic compounds as potential breakthrough treatments for some of psychiatry's most challenging conditions.

10 Jun 2025

Research reveals the brain’s hidden shield against aging and neurodegeneration

In a compelling Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Sophia Shi, PhD, unveils her pioneering research that fundamentally changes our understanding of brain aging and opens revolutionary therapeutic pathways for Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative conditions.

10 Jun 2025

‘We dissent’: NIH workers protest Trump policies that ‘harm the health of Americans’

Hundreds of workers at the National Institutes of Health on Monday openly protested the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency and consequences for human lives, writing in a sharply worded letter that its actions are causing "a dramatic reduction in life-saving research."

9 Jun 2025

Late-life mood disorders may signal neurodegenerative diseases

Depression and bipolar disorder of late onset may represent more than just mental health conditions. Growing evidence suggests these late-life mood disorders (LLMDs) could be not merely risk factors, but rather early warning signs of neurodegenerative diseases like dementia, even when they appear years before memory loss or other cognitive symptoms become apparent.

9 Jun 2025

Skin biomarkers may offer noninvasive diagnosis for pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis

A groundbreaking study led by National Jewish Health researchers suggests that the skin may serve as a potential biomarker for a chronic allergic disease of the esophagus called eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in children.

6 Jun 2025

AI agent shows promise to support oncologists in everyday clinical practice

Clinical decision-making in oncology is challenging and requires the analysis of various data types – from medical imaging and genetic information to patient records and treatment guidelines.

6 Jun 2025

Taurine levels found unreliable as a biomarker of aging

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that levels of circulating taurine, a conditionally essential amino acid involved in multiple important biological functions, is unlikely to serve as a good biomarker for the aging process.

6 Jun 2025

New Japanese database reveals how gut microbes and diet connect

Researchers have launched the NIBN Japan Microbiome Database, featuring over 2,000 gut microbiome profiles from healthy Japanese adults with extensive lifestyle and dietary metadata. This resource aims to accelerate microbiome-health research and enable precision medicine insights.

5 Jun 2025

Common antibiotic shows promise in reducing preterm births

A study of almost 1000 pregnant women in Zimbabwe found that a daily dose of a commonly used, safe and inexpensive antibiotic may have led to fewer babies being born early.

5 Jun 2025

FDA approves ENCELTO implant to preserve sight in people with macular telangiectasia type 2

For people diagnosed with macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel)-a rare and slowly progressing retinal disease-there have been no FDA-approved (or other) treatments to slow or stop vision loss.

4 Jun 2025

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Out-of-body experiences may help the brain cope with trauma

Kennedy’s HHS sent Congress ‘junk science’ to defend vaccine changes, experts say

Short peptides show promise in blocking breast cancer metastasis

Gene therapy shows long-term success in hemophilia B patients

Digital marker could enhance accuracy of pediatric asthma risk prediction

Targeting metabolic reprogramming in breast cancer treatment

John Oldham redefines the landscape of personality disorders

Italian researcher sheds light on the lasting psychiatric impact of childhood trauma

Using causal machine learning to identify potential ALS treatments

Digital twin technology improves diabetes control with artificial pancreas

Dr. Stephen Ross’s research into psychedelic medicine expands therapeutic frontiers

Research reveals the brain’s hidden shield against aging and neurodegeneration

‘We dissent’: NIH workers protest Trump policies that ‘harm the health of Americans’

Late-life mood disorders may signal neurodegenerative diseases

Skin biomarkers may offer noninvasive diagnosis for pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis

AI agent shows promise to support oncologists in everyday clinical practice

Taurine levels found unreliable as a biomarker of aging

New Japanese database reveals how gut microbes and diet connect

Common antibiotic shows promise in reducing preterm births

FDA approves ENCELTO implant to preserve sight in people with macular telangiectasia type 2

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