The pink elephant test: What your visual imagination predicts about your ability to control your thoughts
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
"Tell a man he shouldn't think of a pink elephant and he can't get that beast out of his mind!
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To help someone going through a crisis, use these 7 words
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Author and TV host Kelly Corrigan has a radical way to support a loved one through a crisis, big or small. Here's her technique to make someone feel like it's safe to open up.
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Emotional body odors may enhance the effect of mindfulness therapy
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Emotional body odors may have the potential to enhance the anxiety-reducing effects of mindfulness. This is shown by a pilot study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, co-authored by researchers from Karolinska Institutet.
Kennedy's stance on vaccines could affect the lives of millions of people
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Eric Garcia, Washington correspondent for "The Independent," about President-elect Trump's nominee to lead health and human services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Scientists identify key cells that could be targeted to prevent arthritis flare-ups
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
New research has pinpointed key cells that could be targeted to prevent painful rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups, offering potential new hope to millions of people with the condition world-wide.
Gene-screening method identifies cause of heart cell damage from chemotherapy
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Using a gene-screening method they created, Stanford Medicine researchers may have discovered why an effective chemotherapy damages heart cells—and they have identified a drug that could keep the heart cells beating.
Low-curvature microelectrode arrays record spatial cognitive information coding in the deep brain
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
A research group led by Prof. Cai Xinxia from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a new method for fabricating high-precision, low-curvature microelectrode arrays (MEAs), which are designed for recording neuronal activities in the brain's deep small volume region. The study was published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering.
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Genetic study discovers mechanisms that make Ewing sarcoma more aggressive
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Ewing sarcoma is a tumor of the bones and soft tissues that occurs in children and young people. Like all childhood cancers, it is rare—nine to 10 cases per million inhabitants per year—but it is very aggressive: 25% of patients do not respond well to regular therapy and they often experience relapses.
Study: Moderate alcohol, oily fish, cereal lower arthritis risk; tea, coffee may raise it
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Moderate alcohol intake and eating more fruit, oily fish and cereals are linked to lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis, while tea and coffee may be linked to increased risk, new research shows.
Study shows AI and physicians have equal difficulty identifying crackles when analyzing breath sounds
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Although crackles have long been regarded as a hallmark finding in physical examinations, a new study has revealed their unreliability not only among human physicians but also in artificial intelligence systems.
Algorithms based on deep learning can improve medical image analysis
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve the analysis of medical image data. For example, algorithms based on deep learning can determine the location and size of tumors. This is the result of AutoPET, an international competition in medical image analysis, where researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) were ranked fifth.
Long COVID appears to be driven by 'long infection.' Here's what the science says
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Around 5%–10% of people with COVID infections go on to experience long COVID, with symptoms lasting three months or more.
First new treatment for asthma and COPD in half a century—new study
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Every 30 seconds, someone in the world will experience a flare-up of their asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms. For decades, the standard treatment for these potentially life-threatening episodes has remained unchanged—treatment with steroids, such as prednisolone.
Four struggles men face during the transition to fatherhood
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Becoming a father can be a daunting life transition which, for many men, can be a stressful and isolating experience. Yet, fathers often lack access to support and information to help them cope during this transition. This is significant, as lack of support may increase a father's risk of developing mental health problems such as postnatal depression, which affects 1 in 10 UK fathers.
Why some people don't lose weight with Wegovy
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Clinical trials have shown that people using weight-loss jabs, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, lose anywhere between 16% and 21% of their body weight. But the drugs don't work for everyone.
How the UK's austerity policies caused life expectancy to fall
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Between 1945, when the second world war ended, and the start of the 2010s, average life expectancy and mortality rates in high-income countries improved continuously. But from around 2012, in the UK and in several other countries like the US, Germany and the Netherlands, the rate of improvement slowed, stopped, or even went into reverse.
Researchers identify six-gene pattern to predict drug success in multiple myeloma patients
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered how genetics can affect the success of venetoclax, a treatment for multiple myeloma, a rare type of blood cancer. Their study, "Predictors of Response to Venetoclax and Therapeutic Potential of CDK7 Inhibition in Multiple Myeloma," was published this month in the journal Blood Neoplasia.
Study demonstrates how autonomic neurons control digestive functions
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
The autonomic nervous system orchestrates the functions of internal organs such as the heart and gut, serving as a connection between the brain and the rest of the body. It is classified in two divisions—the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, often described as the body's accelerator and brake, respectively. For example, the sympathetic nervous system activates the "fight-or-flight" response in reaction to danger, concentrating energy on immediate survival and halting less urgent functions
3D-printed hydrogel enables continuous drug delivery via contact lens
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
The next time you need to take a prescription drug, taking it might be as easy as putting on a contact lens, thanks to a new discovery made by University of Waterloo researchers.
Assessing synchronized activity in the human brain through frequency-dependent covariance analysis
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
This year is the centennial anniversary of German psychiatrist Hans Berger's invention of electroencephalography (EEG), a way to record electrical activity in the brain, now called brainwaves or neural oscillations. Amazingly, Berger was motivated after an incident in his military years when he believed he had spontaneously transmitted something from his brain to his sister during a sudden moment when he was nearly killed in an accident, and his sister several kilometers away insisted their fath
The COVID inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic—health cuts put that at risk
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
The rising threat of epidemics and pandemics adds urgency for the government to act on the recommendations of the long-awaited inquiry into New Zealand's COVID response.
Experts call for responsible messaging on hearing loss and dementia
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
The U.K.'s leading hearing loss organizations have joined forces to highlight misleading reports by some health professionals and the media that hearing loss causes dementia, and treating hearing loss will reduce our individual risk of dementia.
Mental health conditions associated with worse health care experiences
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
People with mental health conditions have consistently worse experiences in primary health care and face more barriers to accessing care, a University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study has found.
Cerebral stroke in animal models with hypertension found to affect arteries in other body regions
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
A study coordinated by Dr. Francesc Jiménez-Altayó, researcher at the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB (INc-UAB) and at CIBERCV, shows that temporary lack of blood flow to the brain can lead to lasting changes in the small arteries of the abdomen in rats with high blood pressure. The research also explored the effects of a drug called SAHA in mitigating these changes, finding that it prevented some early alterations in the arteries and reduced long-term brain damage.
Study finds widespread use of unregulated molecular urine tests in older adults
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
An analysis of Medicare claims data found a 60-fold increase in the use of unregulated rapid molecular diagnostic tests for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in older adults from 2016 to 2023, researchers reported Nov. 26 in JAMA Network Open.
Why is a cure for HIV so elusive?
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry researchers are on the cutting-edge of the study of HIV, working toward treatments and a better understanding of how the virus works.
Medicated nasal spray will slash opioid-related hospital admissions
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
The Federal Government is funding a national Take Home Naloxone (THN) program that makes the life-saving medication available for free and without prescription in pharmacies across Australia.
Closing the gap of prostate cancer presentation disparities in Ireland
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Recent findings from a study on prostate cancer in Ireland reveal diagnosis disparities, especially in urban areas and middle socioeconomic groups. Patients treated in public hospitals and urban patients were more often diagnosed through opportunistic screenings.
New insights into risk assessment of rare, aggressive tumors in children
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
An international research team including researchers from Augsburg University Medicine has made significant progress in the risk assessment and treatment of extracranial malign rhabdoid tumors. Recently published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, the study, "Clinical and Molecular Risk Factors in Extracranial Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors: Toward an Integrated Model of High-Risk Tumors," shows how clinical and molecular factors can influence disease progression and contribute to improvements
New 'how-to guide' for future rapid vaccine development
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Until recently, human vaccine development has typically taken 10 to 15 years.
Global review charts lethal impact of fungal infection after lung disease
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
About 32% of people who have had prior damage from lung diseases will die after five years if they also get a common fungal infection, a major global review has found. The review also finds that 15% of people with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) die in the first year following other lung diseases.
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