https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Picky eating is a challenge most parents are familiar with, but for parents of autistic children, severe selective eating can lead to nutritional deficiencies and place tremendous stress on the family. However, a new study from Constructor University Ph.D. candidate Sofya Bajaa has demonstrated a transformative new approach to treating severe selective eating in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Bajaa's newly developed Schmetterling Nutritional Behavior Intervention (NBI) program achieved dramatic improvements in dietary variety and nutritional intake over just 10 weeks. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-ten-week-therapy-empowers-parents.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:20:08 EDT news700318348 Fiber is an essential part of a healthy diet. By eating a variety of plant-based foods, increasing fiber intake gradually and staying well hydrated, you can support gut health and overall well-being while making fiber goals more achievable and sustainable. Purna Kashyap, M.B.B.S., a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, offers tips to add fiber to your diet. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-fiber-gut-health-expert-kind.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:02 EDT news700204502 Penn Engineers have developed an open-source algorithm that combines the speed of AI with the precision of geometry to compare complex medical images quickly and accurately, helping detect subtle changes that, over time, can signal disease. In some cases, the new algorithm can accomplish in minutes what would have taken prior techniques an entire week. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-fireants-faster-medical-image-analysis.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:00:14 EDT news700150501 A miniaturized, biomimetic model of the human intestine has successfully reproduced long-term enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) infection, report researchers from Science Tokyo. Using this innovative platform, they shed light on how this virus grows in the intestine without triggering a strong immune response. Their findings, appearing in the Journal of Virology, could help develop effective treatments for EV-A71 infectious diseases. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-scientists-recreate-enterovirus-infection-human.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:40:03 EDT news699810181 Drinking alcohol may lead people to overconsume savory ultra-processed foods, according to new research from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre, with researchers suggesting this may contribute to excess energy intake and weight gain. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-alcohol-chips-pizza.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:03 EDT news699700382 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which comprises the inflammatory conditions Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, affects about 1.6 million Americans, many of whom cannot be effectively treated. This is mostly due to a lack of understanding of what exactly causes the increased inflammation, fibrosis, and compromised intestinal barrier that underlie this disease and its manifold symptoms, ranging from severe abdominal pain, to diarrhea, weight loss, rectal bleeding and anemia, to anxiety and depression. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-decoding-inflammatory-bowel-disease-chip.html Thu, 21 May 2026 14:20:07 EDT news698581214 Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered that combining key vaccine ingredients could give the body the tools it needs to fight the entire family of arenaviruses with a single vaccine. This "pan-arenavirus" vaccine approach may protect against life-threatening infections from Lassa virus, Junin virus, and many other arenaviruses with pandemic potential. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-scientists-harness-cells-combat-entire.html Thu, 21 May 2026 11:20:06 EDT news698576629 A new Phase I clinical trial provides proof of concept for a potential therapy for treatment-resistant cancers, particularly kidney cancer. In the new study, published in Cell Reports Medicine, researchers tested a novel kind of immunotherapy in individuals with different types of cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-experimental-drug-advanced-kidney-tumors.html Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:01 EDT news697982393 Scientists are creating a glioblastoma 'tumor on a chip'—a tiny living system capable of mimicking the key features of the human brain and providing a deeper understanding of how the aggressive brain cancer works. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-tumor-chip-insight-aggressive-brain.html Wed, 13 May 2026 15:20:02 EDT news697903761 Implanting a device into the deep temporal cortex of a mouse without damaging the brain has long been a major challenge in neuroscience research. A team at Meijo University and Dokkyo Medical University has now overcome this barrier with a flexible sheet thinner than a human hair that slides into place without penetrating the brain. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-flexible-neural-sheet-device-deep.html Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:08 EDT news697809301 Packing in the protein is all the rage. From cereal to pasta to nacho chips and more, food manufacturers are trying to get as much of the stuff into their products as possible, and one of the benefits they tout is that protein increases muscle mass and strength. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-older-adults-adding-whey-protein.html Mon, 11 May 2026 10:40:02 EDT news697713242 Researchers at the TechMed Center of the University of Twente have built a swallowable soft robot that samples stomach fluid and measures acidity in real time. The robot has no battery, chip, nor any other electronics. Health care workers can move it with a handheld magnet, while it glides through the stomach like a penguin on its belly. The researchers published their work May 8 in Science Advances. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-robotic-penguin-endoscopy-optional.html Mon, 11 May 2026 08:35:59 EDT news697707326 Search the web, and you'll find any number of biohacking techniques for promoting healthy lifespan, from taking cold baths to breathing pressurized oxygen to sleeping under a red light. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-staying-healthy.html Sun, 10 May 2026 08:00:01 EDT news697443001 Results from the first randomized trial of Impella pumps during complex stent procedures, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, have shown that the pumps offer no significant benefit to patients compared to standard care. An Impella pump is a miniaturized, catheter-based pump that is inserted through an artery in the leg and designed to take over part of the heart's pumping work to help reduce strain on the heart. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-benefit-miniature-heart-complex-stent.html Thu, 07 May 2026 16:50:01 EDT news697390382 Jeffrey Stansbury, Ph.D., senior associate dean for research and professor at the CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine, has four properties he wants the next generation of dentures to include: that they are cheaper, faster to make, and more durable than current dentures; and that they are potentially able to combat bacteria and fungus. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-qa-3d-revolutionize-dentures.html Tue, 05 May 2026 16:40:06 EDT news697215721 Medical imaging devices such as endoscopes transmit their data via cables to monitors and hospital information systems. In collaboration with partners, Fraunhofer researchers in the OWIMED project are working to make data cables superfluous in the operating room of the future. The project team has developed a prototype for an endoscope that uses light to transmit the images from a laparoscopic procedure in the abdominal cavity. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-powered-link-wireless-endoscope-stream.html Mon, 04 May 2026 13:20:06 EDT news697112101 Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a new technique using an electronic jolt and nanoparticles to reveal the telltale signal of an insidious form of cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-microchip-nanoparticle-pancreatic-cancer-blood.html Sat, 02 May 2026 17:40:01 EDT news696910176 A research team led by Prof. Jerald Yoo from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU) has developed a skin-conformal wearable health care system, "SkinECG," capable of measuring electrocardiogram (ECG) signals without a battery. By combining energy harvesting with human body–coupled power transfer, the study presents a new solution to one of the most critical challenges in wearable devices: power supply. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-battery-free-skin-conformal-wearable.html Fri, 01 May 2026 14:00:04 EDT news696851821 Following the rise in Mpox cases, particularly in countries where the disease had not traditionally been observed, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in June 2022 and again in August 2024. Accurate and timely diagnosis plays a critical role in controlling the infection. However, PCR-based methods—the gold standard for Mpox diagnosis—require complex laboratory infrastructure and trained personnel, making them less accessible in many settings. For this reason, the development of point-of-care diagnostic tools is of great importance. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-faster-easier-ways-mpox-approaches.html Fri, 01 May 2026 13:20:03 EDT news696859381 Aplastic anemia is a rare, life-threatening blood disorder where patients are unable to make enough blood cells due to the immune system's attack on blood stem cells. The condition can progress to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and leukemia. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-aplastic-anemia-patients-recover-blood.html Fri, 01 May 2026 12:40:07 EDT news696854701 Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most difficult cancers to treat, in large part because tumors do not exist in isolation. Instead, they are surrounded by a dense and complex network of blood vessels, connective tissue, and immune cells that shape how the disease grows and responds to therapy. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-tumor-chip-reveals-pancreatic-cancer.html Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:20:07 EDT news696697322 Vanderbilt researchers led by Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, have developed a novel device that can be used remotely to continuously monitor the airway stents of patients with diseases like lung cancer. The research was published in Science Advances on April 15, with Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student Yusheng Wang as the first author and co-authors from Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Texas A&M University. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-battery-free-airway-device-stent.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:40:04 EDT news696512941 A food coloring widely used in the U.S. and worldwide has been found to alter the balance of bacteria living in the gut and may cause low levels of inflammation. Researchers will present these findings at the 2026 American Physiology Summit in Minneapolis (APS 2026). The abstract is titled "Food Colorant Tartrazine Causes Weight Loss in Emerging-adulthood Male Rats Correlated to Microbiota Dysbiosis." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-yellow-food-gut-microbiome-early.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:40:01 EDT news696496622 New research from Monash University, the University of São Paulo and Deakin University shows that a diet high in heavily processed foods can negatively impact the brain's ability to focus and increases the risk of developing dementia. The study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, examined the diets and cognitive health of more than 2,100 Australian dementia-free adults middle-aged and older. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-ultra-foods-focus-healthily.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:20:04 EDT news696181021 Researchers at City of Hope, a cancer research and treatment organization, and the University of California, Berkeley, have created a novel microfluidic platform that can assess women's breast cancer risk at the cellular level. The first-of-its-kind platform squeezes individual breast epithelial cells, creating a taxing environment to measure how they deform, recover, and behave under stress, according to a new study published in eBioMedicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-ai-individual-breast-cells-cancer.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:30:01 EDT news696167581 Combining microchip engineering techniques with cutting-edge gene profiling, scientists at Columbia University have developed a new way to study drug responses in living slices of human brain tumor cells. The system, using a type of chip called a microfluidic device, has already revealed new details about how these aggressive tumors resist chemotherapy drugs and could help researchers develop more effective treatments. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-microfluidic-chip-reveals-glioblastoma-slices.html Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:40:05 EDT news696068521 The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is the cause of AIDS, is a master of deception, using just nine genes to hijack the complex cellular machinery of the human body. Yet, even after decades of research on how the virus replicates and persists, researchers still haven't solved the mystery of exactly which human genes influence HIV infection. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-scientists-hiv-hijacks-human-cells.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:00:03 EDT news695901361 Cancer treatments can take a toll on a person's body. A patient's treatment may cause nausea, changes in appetite, taste and smell, diarrhea, or constipation, making it harder to meet their nutritional needs. Fortunately, there are strategies that patients and caregivers can use to cope with these side effects. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-diet-cancer-treatment.html Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:00:09 EDT news695572618 Scientists looking for the causes of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's generally focus on the buildup of aberrant proteins in the brain that impede normal neural connections. But new research from Binghamton University and Drexel University looks at a different, lesser-studied issue that also hurts patients and their quality of life: how Parkinson's affects the human vascular system. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-brain-chip-reveals-parkinson-proteins.html Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:00:02 EDT news695565036 UCF researchers have uncovered evidence that some movement-related symptoms of Alzheimer's disease may originate outside the brain, which could change how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-alzheimer-symptoms-brain.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:20:06 EDT news695618641