https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Parents of children with medical complexity report that they rely on various medical devices for essential care of their kids at home, yet the processes of obtaining and using these devices are inadequate and often pose safety risks, according to a study from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Findings from interviews with parents were published in the journal Pediatrics. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-parents-children-medical-complexity-major.html Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:10:01 EST news689847842 Heart disease affects women differently than men, and understanding those differences can be lifesaving. Dr. Sharonne N. 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The study focused on engineered invariant natural killer T cells, or NKT cells—powerful immune cells with a unique ability to infiltrate solid tumors—and systematically compared four targeting systems, called chimeric antigen receptors, or CARs, that direct these cells to attack cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-shelf-immunotherapy-solid-tumors-ready.html Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:23:10 EST news689430122 Since it was first detected in the U.S. in 2014, H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has jumped from wild birds to farm animals and then to people, causing more than 70 human cases in the U.S. since 2022, including two fatalities. The virus continues to circulate among animals, giving it the opportunity to develop the ability to spread among humans and potentially cause another pandemic. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-nasal-bird-flu-vaccine-strong.html Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:00:01 EST news688927202 Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness among people who are unable to monitor and manage their intraocular pressure (IOP) daily. The current tools for IOP measurement are not portable, convenient, easily accessible, or capable of continuous (24/7) monitoring. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-smart-contact-lens-thin-sensor.html Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:56:42 EST news688748161 Do you find yourself spending hours chatting with AI programs like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Claude or DeepSeek? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-lot-ai-chatbots-youve-higher.html Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:54:54 EST news688294255 A new study published in Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science provides crucial insights into the design and implementation of multi-national observational studies for post-marketing drug safety assessment, addressing growing needs for global evidence in regulatory decision-making. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-key-strategies-global-drug-safety.html Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:06:37 EST news688104321 New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research suggests virtual reality (VR) may play a meaningful role in future mental-health support, and the design of the virtual space itself can make a surprising difference to how comfortable people feel opening up. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-virtual-reality-emerges-space-disclosure.html Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:31:40 EST news687677462 As runners set their New Year's resolutions, Simon Fraser University researchers have dug thousands of Strava posts to map the emotional highs and lows of running and see what makes people stick with it. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-strava-reveal-secrets-happier.html Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:23:21 EST news687529381 Head and neck cancer trials are frequently derailed before they can deliver answers. A new analysis suggests that the most common reasons are sponsor decisions related to safety or effectiveness and poor patient recruitment. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-neck-cancer-trials-early.html Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:16:35 EST news687460562 A large-scale study has identified dozens of blood proteins linked to prostate cancer risk, some shared across populations, some unique to specific groups. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-links-dozens-blood-proteins-prostate.html Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:04:51 EST news687027841 Big Health Inc, along with paid academic investigators, reports higher remission rates and lower anxiety symptom scores with their smartphone-delivered digital cognitive behavioral therapy, DaylightRx, compared with an online psychoeducation, also created by Big Health Inc. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-online-psychoeducation-underperforms-digital-cognitive.html Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:30:02 EST news685365931 Today's influenza vaccines primarily prevent infection in individuals, but new research led by the University of Michigan and the Institut Pasteur suggests that incorporating antibodies generated after infection could lead to more powerful vaccines by also reducing person-to-person transmission. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-vaccine-flu-antibodies-role-transmission.html Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:23:39 EST news685027382 A study published in The Lancet showed a significant survival benefit for patients with oropharyngeal cancers who were treated with proton therapy (IMPT) compared to those treated with traditional radiation therapy (IMRT). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-proton-therapy-survival-benefit-phase.html Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:30:09 EST news684676921 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic disease in which healthy lung tissue is gradually replaced by scar tissue. While the early events that initiate this change are poorly understood, recent research suggests that the disease may stem from failures in the lung's response to injury. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-pulmonary-fibrosis-key-pathway.html Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:07:31 EST news684587221 Artificial intelligence may write award-winning essays and diagnose disease with remarkable accuracy, but biological brains still hold the upper hand in at least one crucial domain: flexibility. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-cognitive-legos-brain-complex-behaviors.html Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:00:03 EST news683282161 Our gut microbiome is made up of trillions of bacteria and other microbes living in our intestines. These help our bodies break down food, assist our immune system, send chemical signals to our brain, and potentially serve many other functions that researchers are still working to understand. When the microbiome is out of balance—with not enough helpful bacteria or the wrong combination of microbes—it can affect our whole body. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-medications-gut-microbiome-ways-reveals.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:05:03 EST news682617901 Animals survive in changing and unpredictable environments by not merely responding to new circumstances, but also, like humans, by forming inferences about their surroundings—for instance, squirrels understand that certain bird noises don't signal the presence of a predator, so they won't seek shelter when they later hear these same sounds. But less clear is how the brain works to create these inferences. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-brain-animals-inferences.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:00:03 EST news682333866 Extending anti-clotting drugs beyond the initial treatment period of at least 90 days after a first blood clot is linked to lower rates of new clots developing compared with stopping treatment, finds a US study published by The BMJ. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-anti-clotting-treatment-linked-clots.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:30:15 EST news682170061 Higher levels of greenness are associated with lower risks of hospital admissions for mental disorders, finds an analysis of data from seven countries over two decades, published in The BMJ's climate issue. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-greater-exposure-greenness-linked-hospital.html Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:30:06 EST news681556898 The New York University School of Medicine and collaborators found that capillary-associated macrophages in skin decline with age, weakening microvascular repair and reducing perfusion in mice, with skin restoration possible after boosting local macrophage renewal with a growth factor treatment. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-youthful-microvascular-function-aging-skin.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:01:33 EDT news681123688 Despite modern imaging and genetic testing, diagnosing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains challenging, particularly when distinguishing it from clinically similar neurodegenerative disorders. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-combination-blood-biomarkers-diagnostic-accuracy.html Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:10:01 EDT news680964188 As Australia braces for another scorching summer, new research led by Flinders University sleep experts reveals that rising temperatures are silently chipping away at our sleep and with it, our health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-temperatures-health-burden-shorter-duration.html Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:30:04 EDT news680344202 Garment workers face some of the most precarious working conditions in the world and are increasingly at risk from extreme heat stress caused by climate change. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-garment-factories-sweltering-simple-workers.html Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:30:01 EDT news680190928 With a simple standard MRI scan of the brain, it may soon be possible to predict which people with mental illnesses will gain weight after their initial diagnosis—thereby increasing their risk of physical diseases—and which ones will not. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-brain-scans-future-weight-gain.html Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:41:05 EDT news680197261 A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown from individual donors' induced pluripotent stem cells, these models—dubbed Multicellular Integrated Brains (miBrains)—replicate key features and functions of human brain tissue, are readily customizable through gene editing, and can be produced in quantities that support large-scale research. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-lab-grown-brains-major-cell.html Sat, 18 Oct 2025 05:07:57 EDT news679982866 As artificial intelligence (AI) use continues to grow in nearly every industry, it is important to establish guardrails to make sure the technology is used ethically and responsibly. This is especially true in the field of medicine, where errors can be a matter of life and death and patient information must be protected. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-experts-discuss-current-future-ai.html Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:35:31 EDT news679926926 Food insecurity affects about one in 13 (7.8%) U.K. households, with higher rates of food insecurity found in Black British households and people with long-term mental health conditions, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Maddy Power of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K., and colleagues. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-uk-food-insecurity-mental-health.html Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:00:06 EDT news679652641 Sports footwear manufacturers should ditch the "shrink it and pink it" approach to women's running shoes, because it fails to differentiate women's distinct anatomical and biomechanical needs across the life course from those of men, concludes a small qualitative study published in BMJ Open Sports & Exercise Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-ditch-pink-approach-women.html Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:30:06 EDT news679674541 Six-month outcomes from the Ventricular Catheter Ablation Study, the first-in-human evaluation of its FieldForce Ablation System for ventricular tachycardia (VT), have been published in Circulation. Results were also presented as a late-breaking trial at the 20th Annual International Symposium on Ventricular Arrhythmias (VT Symposium 2025), held in Philadelphia Oct. 10–11. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-pulsed-field-ablation-ventricular-tachycardia.html Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:36:03 EDT news679584961