https://medicalxpress.com/health-other-news/ en-us Latest medical news and research in Allied health Researchers have proposed new standards into the decades-old prosthetic donations market, improving the quality of lower limb prosthetic feet by two-thirds—a major quality of life boost for recipients. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-prosthetic-feet-curb-medical-equipment.html Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:03 EDT news697886281 Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and swelling, may in the longer run delay recovery and prolong pain, new research suggests. In a preclinical study published in Anesthesiology, McGill University researchers have found that even though cryotherapy (icing) eased pain in the short term, recovery time was more than doubled in some cases. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-cold-comfort-icing-injuries-prolong.html Tue, 12 May 2026 18:20:07 EDT news697820461 Scientists at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute have the first direct evidence from human studies that brain-controlled hearing technology can help people single out a voice in a crowd. These early findings suggest that researchers may one day develop a hearing augmentation device that can, among other feats, overcome the problems that conventional hearing aids have with noisy surroundings. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-brain-isolates-speaker-noisy-human.html Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:01 EDT news697361941 Don't feel like standing up for a workout? No problem, you can still get a good workout that helps improve static standing balance, flexibility, and agility, all while lying on your back with your head facing up. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-stronger-minutes-simple-floor-day.html Wed, 06 May 2026 09:28:52 EDT news697278495 We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes. One important part of this is speech motor learning, the brain's ability to learn and remember how to move the muscles used for speech. It helps you adjust and refine how you talk so your speech sounds the way you want it to. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-intertwine-speech-patterns.html Mon, 04 May 2026 15:20:04 EDT news697122844 Patterns of molecular activity in the blood may hold clues not only to how fit someone is, but also to the biological processes that support physical performance. Researchers at MIT, GE HealthCare, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point have developed a computational model that links thousands of these molecular signals to fitness levels, revealing pathways that could inform future studies to improve fitness training and speed injury or disease recovery. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-cellular-pathways-underlie-differences-physical.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:20:05 EDT news696606241 When bars are permitted to stay open for additional hours after midnight, alcohol-related ambulance call-outs and reported crimes can significantly increase, according to new research which is the first of its kind in the U.K. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-additional-hours-business-bars-linked.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:40:03 EDT news696503728