https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. TV adventurer Bear Grylls has built a global reputation through his often unconventional and sometimes extreme survival feats to stay hydrated. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-lost-bush-survive-pee.html Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:43:18 EST news686569381 Most people donning virtual reality (VR) goggles are seeking the thrill of being immersed in a fictitious video game world. But some are donning them for an entirely different experience: to help researchers identify those most at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-vr-technology-game-alzheimer-disease.html Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:29:05 EDT news662736542 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a synthetic compound (antigen) that can latch on to a protein in blood and hitchhike a ride to the lymph node, where it can boost the production of antibodies against cancer cells. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-hitchhiking-synthetic-antigen-antibody-production.html Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:04:04 EDT news633002642 At the height of the coronavirus lockdown, President Donald Trump and his top health advisers trumpeted a new test that would help Americans reclaim their lives—one that would tell them if they already had the virus and were protected from getting it again. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-bold-virus-antibody-unfulfilled.html Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:30:52 EDT news518693445 (HealthDay)—When actress Alyssa Milano was first struck by the new coronavirus back in March, her symptoms mirrored the classic signs of COVID-19: fever, headache, loss of smell, chest heaviness, extreme breathing difficulties and a bad stomach. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-alyssa-milano-hair-covid-.html Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:40:35 EDT news516454834 In early September 2011, when the weather in Finland had begun to turn its back on summer and trudge towards winter, a woman prepared to leave her home in the suburbs of Helsinki. Kirsti Paasikallio emptied her refrigerator, packed some clothes, her toothbrush, toothpaste and an iron, and left the house she had lived in for 34 years – for good. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-sick-syndromeis-people-treatment.html Tue, 01 May 2018 09:08:35 EDT news444384487 (HealthDay)—Want to make a difference right now? Consider donating some blood. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-blood-banks-january-donors.html Tue, 09 Jan 2018 09:40:01 EST news434712767 The most serious, life-threatening complication of dengue infection is dengue shock syndrome (DSS), seen primarily in children. Daily platelet counts in children in the early stages of dengue can predict those most at risk for DSS, researchers report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-04-blood-kids-dengue-syndrome.html Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:00:14 EDT news412489895 As populations move even further away from urban centers, more people spend longer hours behind the wheel on their way to and from work. While sedentary behavior is known to have adverse effects on cardiovascular and metabolic health, the impact of long commutes by automobile are less understood. A new study has found that greater commuting distances are associated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), increased weight, and other indicators of metabolic risk. The results are published in the June issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-commutes-hazardous-health.html Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:01 EDT news255629146 Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic, Calif., and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to rejoin his classmates, recalls his mother, Tracy. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-childhood-disorder-bolsters-infection-link.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:20:02 EST news242912638 (Medical Xpress) -- A new type of sugar could help prevent heart disease, according to latest research by Dr Corin Storkey and Professor Carl Schiesser from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology at The University of Melbourne. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-sugar-good-sweet-heart.html Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:30:02 EST news242285387