https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Kidney transplantation remains the most effective treatment for end-stage kidney disease, yet a severe shortage of donor organs continues to limit access for millions of patients worldwide. With demand for kidney transplants expected to reach 5 million patients by 2030 and only a fraction of that need currently being met, researchers are exploring innovative approaches to generate transplantable organs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-rat-kidneys-grown-mice-insights.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:12 EDT news700296866 Remote monitoring isn't a panacea for reducing readmissions across all conditions—and for some patients, clinicians should proceed with caution, clinical trial results published in JAMA Network Open suggest. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-remote-readmissions-sepsis-trial.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:30:01 EDT news700302841 Gestational diabetes is most commonly associated with temporary disturbances in glucose metabolism during pregnancy. However, growing evidence shows that its consequences may extend far beyond pregnancy itself—affecting a child's health even before birth and increasing the risk of obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes later in life. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-gestational-diabetes-affect-child-health.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:24:59 EDT news700367017 Skin is our protective barrier from the outside world, and it is highly susceptible to damage. To prevent infection, restore protective skin cells, and reduce scarring, it is essential to quickly and robustly close a wound. A new study, published in Advanced Science, shows that a multi-axis stretchable wound zipper (MSWZ) is effective in closing complex wounds quickly, improving wound healing. The MSWZ uses programmable force that can be personalized via mobile application, enhancing patient comfort and compliance. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-programmable-wound-zipper-complex-skin.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:10:01 EDT news700299601 Every day, across thousands of American hospitals, artificial intelligence quietly shapes decisions that determine patient outcomes. An algorithm flags a patient as high risk for sepsis; a risk score informs whether a woman receives additional cancer screening; a deterioration model triggers an alert that sends a care team to a bedside. These tools are embedded in the workflows of nearly two-thirds of U.S. hospitals, integrated into the electronic health record systems clinicians rely on daily. But many have never been reviewed by the FDA. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-ai-tools-patient-regulatory-oversight.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:00:03 EDT news700327261 The COVID-19 pandemic pushed some households in India into difficult and often unsustainable coping strategies, forcing tradeoffs between immediate survival and long-term stability, according to new research by Lancaster University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-meals-assets-covid-coping-strategies.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:00:01 EDT news700324321 A new review published in Calcified Tissue International highlights major advances in understanding and preventing bone loss in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), showing that modern antirheumatic therapies can significantly reduce local and generalized bone loss in RA. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-modern-rheumatoid-arthritis-treatments-bone.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:10:06 EDT news700328882 Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a fundamental principle underlying how the human brain processes meaning across multiple languages. In a new study posted to the bioRxiv preprint server, scientists recorded the activity of individual neurons in the human hippocampus and found that bilingual people appear to organize concepts in a shared neural structure—even when speaking entirely different languages. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-bilingual-brains-concepts-aligned-languages.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:20:01 EDT news700321058 A Northwestern Medicine study has offered new clues as to why immunotherapy works well for some bladder cancer patients but fails for others, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-immune-biomarkers-response-bladder-cancer.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:40:04 EDT news700313521 In 2020, Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work on the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology that allows scientists to precisely modify DNA by cutting it at specific locations. Six years later, a new study in Nature by a team led by Doudna has uncovered a powerful new approach to selectively kill cancer cells using a CRISPR enzyme called Cas12a2. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-crispr-enzyme-precisely-shreds-dna.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:20:01 EDT news700314843 The integration of AI into digital pathology has the potential to transform cancer diagnostics by enabling scalable, quantitative analysis of tissue specimens. However, widespread deployment of AI-assisted pathology remains challenged by the need for costly imaging infrastructure and the lack of reliable mechanisms to assess prediction confidence. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-uncertainty-aware-ai-lensfree-holography.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:05 EDT news700313461 As the world's best soccer players prepare for the 2026 FIFA World Cup across North America this summer, teams are gearing up not only for opponents but also for the heat. In stadiums from Miami to Mexico City, soaring temperatures and humidity could affect matches, recovery times and ultimately championship outcomes. And behind one of the most storied teams in soccer history is a University of Florida scientist using the science of sweat to help athletes perform, recover and stay healthy in extreme heat. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-science-brazil-world-cup.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:06 EDT news700304161 Patients booking cervical screening appointments through an AI chatbot respond positively to friendliness and choice-oriented language, but are put off by overmessaging, pushy reminders and blurred human-AI boundaries, according to new research from the University of Surrey. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-pushy-nhs-chatbots-patients-screening.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:40:02 EDT news700302542 Experts in Heidelberg, Germany, have developed an AI system that can classify brain tumors with unprecedented accuracy using standard microscopic tissue sections. Using digitized standard stains, the system identifies more than 100 molecular subtypes of central nervous system tumors, delivers results within minutes and could accelerate the diagnosis of brain tumors worldwide. The work appears in Nature Cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-ai-brain-tumors-minutes-weeks.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:08 EDT news700235281 Interpreting medical ultrasound images is a difficult task, requiring a technician to look at 2D images and mentally arrange them into a 3D representation of what the tissue looks like. To make that job easier, MIT researchers have developed a new approach to ultrasound imaging that allows the user to visualize a 3D augmented-reality image of the object being scanned. Using a virtual-reality headset, they can see a precise 3D digital representation of what the object actually looks like, making it easier to identify and analyze. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-augmented-reality-medical-ultrasounds-easier.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:04 EDT news700237861 About a year ago at Erlanger Baroness, the largest hospital in Chattanooga, anesthesia staff noticed that a nurse was slurring his words and struggling to stay awake while on duty in the surgery center, according to a Tennessee Board of Nursing consent order. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-tennessee-hospital-nurse-stole-fentanyl.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:20:01 EDT news700212720 One of the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer is 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a cornerstone treatment that has improved outcomes for countless patients. However, repeated treatment often leads to drug resistance, allowing cancer cells to adapt and gradually evade the effects of therapy. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-key-protein-chemotherapy-resistance-colorectal.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:40:01 EDT news700215948 Our parents' genes, even the ones we didn't inherit, leave a measurable lasting imprint on our lives. An international team led by researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health developed a new approach to analyze genetic data from tens of thousands of families. The study, published this Tuesday in Cell Genomics, found that for height, body weight, and school test performance, the environment shaped by our parents' genes can be nearly as important as the genes we actually inherited from them. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-human-traits-inherited-genes-imprint.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:20:01 EDT news700243681 On a midsummer day in Miami, temperatures can exceed 32°C (90°F) with high humidity. In a full stadium of 65,000 fans, it can be several degrees hotter, posing a potential health risk to players. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-extreme-world-cup-fifa-safeguards.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:00:06 EDT news700232435 People who are resilient to psychological stress are similar to each other—not in terms of appearance, but in the brain's response to stressful stimuli. Psychological resilience—the ability to cope effectively with adversity—plays a crucial role in how we feel about ourselves. So why are some people better able to cope with stress and mental strain over time than others? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-brains-similar-stress-fmri-results.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:05 EDT news700215810 The hospital discharge summary—a document that outlines a patient's hospital stay for their outpatient providers—can take up a lot of doctors' time. It needs to comprehensively and succinctly summarize days, sometimes weeks, of medical details. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-ai-ease-burden-hospital-discharge.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:03 EDT news700242301 Scientists at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) have taken a major step forward in pancreatic cancer research. By mapping a healthy pancreas in detail down to the cellular level, they discovered that specific, rare cells in the healthy organ already bear strong similarities to the most aggressive tumor cells. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-healthy-pancreas-layered-ducts-rare.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:20:07 EDT news700215620 It might soon be "game over" for the video game controller. Yale researchers have developed a new kind of brain-computer interface (BCI) that lets humans play video games directly with their brains. Using real-time fMRI (functional MRI), they confirmed that the technology could help humans control a computer with their brain activity in a highly efficient way. The study appears in the journal Nature Neuroscience. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-brain-interface.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:00:02 EDT news700235475 By their nature, cancer cells have different nutritional needs than healthy cells. "Cancer cells have a distinct metabolism," said Gary Patti, the Michael and Tana Powell Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis and a professor of genetics and medicine at WashU Medicine. Cancer cells are also ravenous eaters. Patti is trying to turn their hunger against them. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-cancer-cells-hunger-reveal-ways.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:50:01 EDT news700233797 Reading seems like a straightforward process. The eyes scan the words, and the brain turns them into meaning. But it's not always that simple. Readers regularly skip words, sometimes without realizing it. New research from USF shows how the brain still processes those skipped words using peripheral vision, even as the eyes move past them. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-peripheral-vision-readers-words-milliseconds.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:20:06 EDT news700232024 You go to the hospital for treatment and to get better. But sometimes, you get something much less welcome: an infection. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-teeth-hospital-chance-pneumonia.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:09 EDT news700225928 Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed what they describe as a fundamentally new type of vaccine using artificial intelligence (AI). The vaccine's key component was designed entirely by AI and has now been tested in people for the first time. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-world-aidesigned-vaccine.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:40:09 EDT news700221361 A new toothpaste for relieving tooth sensitivity has been developed by UCL researchers using a nature-inspired material that supports bone regeneration. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-nature-toothpaste-sensitive-teeth.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:04 EDT news700220102 A lightweight wearable device developed by UNSW engineers could one day help people monitor their heart and breathing health from home, potentially reducing hospital visits and allowing doctors to detect problems earlier. The flexible sensor patch, which attaches to the chest or over peripheral arteries using medical adhesive tape, is designed to continuously capture subtle vibrations produced by the heart, lungs, blood flow and pulse waves. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-tiny-patch-hospital-style-heart.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:40:08 EDT news700223701 How can we combat the growing global health crisis of antibiotic resistance? At Leiden University, researchers are tackling this issue from multiple angles. Ph.D. candidate Vladyslav Lysenko develops and redesigns new antibiotic molecules, while Sebastian Tandar studies how existing antibiotics can be used more effectively. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-tiny-molecular-revived-tuberculosis-antibiotic.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:00:03 EDT news700215911