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Can an online lifestyle plan keep your brain sharp? Research says yes

"Maintain Your Brain" study shows how a tailored online program can improve cognition and lower dementia risk—discover how simple lifestyle changes could protect your brain as you age.

29 Jan 2025

Self-guided family-based treatment effective for childhood obesity

Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health care professional works with the family to help children lose weight by promoting physical activity, encouraging healthy eating habits, and teaching age-appropriate behavioral skills.

29 Jan 2025

Researchers propose personalized probiotic therapies for inflammatory diseases

A new approach to treating inflammatory diseases through personalized probiotic therapies – also known as precision medicine – has been proposed by researchers at the University of Surrey.

29 Jan 2025

New compound Z526 combats cancer-associated cachexia in preclinical models

In a recent study, researchers demonstrated that Z526, a novel dithiocarbamate-like compound, mitigates cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) both in vitro and in vivo.

29 Jan 2025

Study shows weather factors affect Salmonella transmission

Climate change is impacting the spread of Salmonella, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

29 Jan 2025

Exploring the interaction between cell death and cellular senescence in cancer

Aging cells secrete substances known to promote the growth of cancer cells. The development of drugs that can selectively kill these cells or inhibit the secretion of substances is ongoing.

29 Jan 2025

Genetic fingerprint could help predict antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the World Health Organization estimates it could surpass cancer and heart disease as the leading cause of death as more bacteria develop defenses to the drugs designed to combat them.

29 Jan 2025

Study aims to explore structural alterations in the brains of people with bipolar disorder

A new study, led by USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI), will explore structural alterations in the brains of people with bipolar disorder (BD), a chronic mental illness with one of the highest rates of attempted suicide - and for which no biological tools currently exist to guide diagnosis or treatment.

29 Jan 2025

Chemotherapy linked to persistent nerve pain in 4 in 10 cancer patients

Worldwide, cancer chemotherapy is linked to persistent severe peripheral nerve pain (neuropathy) for around 4 in every 10 patients treated with these drugs, suggests a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

29 Jan 2025

Innovative TB risk scoring tool enhances patient care and workflow

Caitlin Dugdale, MD, MSc, and Kimon Zachary, MD, physicians in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and assistant professors of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, are co-lead authors of a new study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, TB or Not TB? Development and Validation of a Clinical Decision Support System for the Evaluation of Suspected Tuberculosis.

29 Jan 2025

Discovery could contribute to the development of new drugs for transthyretin amyloidosis

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion.

29 Jan 2025

New urine test shows promise for prostate cancer screening

Traditional approaches to prostate cancer screening involve blood tests, MRI, and biopsies.

28 Jan 2025

Researchers identify brain circuit to reduce anxiety without side effects

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears to reduce anxiety without side effects.

28 Jan 2025

Scientists discover new skeletal tissue with potential for regenerative medicine

A global team of scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery of a new skeletal tissue known as "lipocartilage," offering immense potential for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.

28 Jan 2025

New treatment identified for peripheral nerve sheath tumors

A multicenter collaboration led by the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) - Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) identified a potential new treatment for an aggressive sarcoma arising in the nerves.

28 Jan 2025

Study explores the effects of recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function

A new study published today in JAMA Network Open explores the effects of both recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function during cognitive tasks.

28 Jan 2025

AI technology uncovers genetic factors and treatment options for Parkinson's

Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic Genome Center have successfully applied advanced artificial intelligence (AI) genetics models to Parkinson's disease. Researchers identified genetic factors in progression and FDA-approved drugs that can potentially be repurposed for PD treatment.

28 Jan 2025