https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Licensed professional counselors have reported experiencing burnout and emotional exhaustion due to high workplace demands, a problem that has intensified over the past six years. On top of workplace pressures, mental health professionals also sometimes report feelings of confusion and conflict when separating their role as therapists from their interpersonal relationships, leading them to feel even more burned out. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-therapists-hat.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:20:42 EDT news700310641 Have you heard someone say online or in casual conversation, when responding to someone's struggles, "well, the body keeps the score"? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-body-score-trauma-debunked-idea.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:40:01 EDT news700307462 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 Fear can be used strategically in public health messaging to encourage people to quit smoking and avoid tobacco use, according to a joint study by researchers from the University of Sharjah and the University of Jordan. The study examines how the U.S.-based public health agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) constructs fear-based messages in its long-running anti-smoking campaigns and identifies a set of persuasive strategies that drive behavioral change. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-based-messaging-anti-campaigns-behavioral.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:20:03 EDT news700232302 New research from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has discovered subtle but widespread differences in the brain's communication networks in people with bipolar disorder, offering new insight into how illness severity and treatment may relate to brain wiring. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-brain-network-linked-bipolar-disorder.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:20:01 EDT news700234227 HIV can damage the brain and cause memory and cognitive problems. And once HIV enters the brain, it does not leave. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-hiv-brain-doesnt-drugs-inflammation.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:20:02 EDT news700144442 A new Penn-led randomized controlled trial has found that AI-powered chatbots can make vaccine-hesitant parents more likely to say they will immunize their children against human papillomavirus (HPV), but no more than standard written public health materials. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-ai-health-tools-results.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:00:05 EDT news699877261 New research by Georgetown scientists shows how the brain rewires itself to automate learned tasks. The findings challenge a long-held understanding of how humans master complex skills, suggesting that true multitasking is really possible. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-brain-true-multitasking-intensive.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:02 EDT news699698529 From responding to the ping of your phone notification to reaching for a snack at the end of the day, many everyday behaviors begin as mindful choices and end up feeling almost automatic. Now a study from Johns Hopkins University, published in Nature Communications, suggests that such shifting may not always happen slowly. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-habits-faster-previously-thought.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:06 EDT news699723781 New research from the George Washington University has yielded some unexpected insights into how autistic and non-autistic people learn about one another's preferences. The study indicates that both groups rely on similar learning strategies; however, key differences may help us understand how autistic and non-autistic peers understand one another. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-insights-autistic-people.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:20:08 EDT news699710035 Psychedelic drug experiences are among the most fascinating but mysterious journeys of the human mind. Long the domain of indigenous shamans and modern "psychonauts" who seek self-discovery, the sensory-rich experiences often include kaleidoscopic geometries and intelligent entities that defy description—until now. A new research collaboration and preprint between two frontier research organizations, the Trace Institute and Noonautics, details a plan to study the mathematical architecture of human experience based on the psychedelic compound N,N-dimethyl tryptamine, or DMT. The preprint findings are published on PsyArXiv. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-mathematical-tackles-human-psychedelic.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:40:01 EDT news699700243 People are often told not to go to the supermarket on an empty stomach. Findings from a new University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study potentially explain this theory, revealing that the way we think about food changes if we are hungry or full—not just whether we want food, but how vividly we can imagine it. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-stomach-vivid-cravings-hunger-boosts.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:20:05 EDT news699703381 There is a disconnect between what we think happens when we make a decision and what actually happens in the brain during that process, suggests Indiana University Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Tom James. In both prevailing scientific theories and common-sense views, decisions have long been defined as an intermediate stage between perceptions and actions, with each stage of this linear causal sequence corresponding to a discrete brain function, from sensory to cognitive to motor. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-brain-cognitive-neuroscientist-theories-decision.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:40:01 EDT news699697201 In high-performance sport, success is often measured in medals, rankings and results, but far less attention is paid to the human cost of achieving them. For Wayne Aquila, Master of Commerce graduate, this tension became the driving force behind his research project, which saw him investigate the influence of power on well-being in high-performance sport environments. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-price-high-sport.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:40:01 EDT news699613121 More than five years after the murder of George Floyd forced institutions to confront racial injustice, it is worth asking what has actually changed. As an associate professor of forensic psychology, I've been considering this question in relation to research—in particular, how universities produce knowledge about the communities that are affected by racial disparities in the UK. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-mental-health-inequalities-wrong.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:40:02 EDT news699624181 Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have created one of the largest reference models ever developed for the human brain, using diffusion MRI scans from more than 54,000 people to chart how the brain's communication pathways develop, mature, and decline across the lifespan. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-brain-growth-white-human-lifespan.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:40:04 EDT news699620087 Some people occasionally hear a low buzzing or humming sound that doesn't have a clear source. An estimated 2–4% of the world's population hear this. Scientists have been trying to figure out for decades where this sound comes from. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-potential-sources-frequency.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:40:05 EDT news699610861 A new study identifies vgll3 as a key gene that promotes rapid growth and early reproduction while increasing the risk of aging and cancer later in life. The findings provide rare experimental evidence for the theory that evolution favors early-life advantages even at the expense of long-term health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-genetic-youth-longevity-uncovered.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:00:04 EDT news699525841 When most humans reach late adulthood, their ability to coordinate movements and maintain balance, broadly referred to as motor control, tends to gradually decline. While these changes in motor control are widely documented, the extent to which they also affect sensorimotor learning (i.e., the adaptation of movements based on information from the environment) remains unclear. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-aging-reshapes-sensorimotor-older-adults.html Sun, 31 May 2026 09:10:01 EDT news699106570 Chikungunya virus, which is transmitted to people by infected Aedes mosquitoes and characterized by high fever and intense joint swelling and pain, has made a resurgence in many countries around the world in recent years. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-chikungunya-virus-infections-chronic.html Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:02 EDT news699190591 The Enhanced Games promised a revolution. Athletes on supervised drug regimens, unshackled from the anti-doping rules of the Olympics, were going to show us what the human body was truly capable of. The event was transhumanism in practice—a glimpse at humanity's athletic future. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-games-sport-results-ordinary.html Thu, 28 May 2026 13:20:01 EDT news699189962 Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery about why physical forces slow cancer growth—and the answer could reshape how the disease is treated. A multidisciplinary team from University of Galway, CÚRAM, the Taighde Éireann-Research Ireland Centre for Medical Devices, and KU Leuven in Belgium built an innovative AI accelerated computational model to test the theory. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-ai-uncovers-tumors-slower-physical.html Tue, 26 May 2026 14:00:02 EDT news699020822 Humans spend a great deal of time trying to smell good. We wash, deodorize and perfume our bodies daily, suggesting body odor must matter. Yet scientifically, the picture is far less straightforward. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-humans-body-odor.html Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:05 EDT news699012962 For decades, people have been told that their weight problems can be solved by math: Calories in, calories out. If weight were a simple math equation, more people would likely have the weight they desire. But it is much more complicated. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-body-weight-obesity-doctor-size.html Mon, 25 May 2026 19:40:01 EDT news698921379 A new article published in the neurocognitive journal Entropy argues that Sigmund Freud's model of the mind, as well as more recent psychoanalytic theory, has similarities with the leading model in brain research today, the so-called prediction paradigm. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-freud-century-ideas-colliding-modern.html Sat, 23 May 2026 13:00:02 EDT news698420229 Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that embedding addiction treatment into primary care training clinics may be a promising approach to addressing substance use disorders (SUDs). Published in the journal Academic Medicine, the study shows how integrating SUD treatment into an internal medicine resident practice could not only expand access to primary care addiction treatment for patients but also significantly boost physician confidence in treating addiction. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-substance-disorder-treatment-clinic-based.html Sat, 23 May 2026 08:00:05 EDT news698324423 When South African infectious disease specialist Lucille Blumberg checked her email on the morning of May 1, while the country was celebrating the Labor Day holiday, an urgent message caught her attention. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-south-african-scientists-hantavirus-cruise.html Sat, 23 May 2026 05:18:59 EDT news698732296 People with private health insurance can jump the public health care queue by using private health services instead. Is there really anything wrong with that? There are two main theories: 1) If the wealthiest people use private health services more, the public health care system will have more capacity for the rest of us; and 2) Private health services divert resources away from the public health care system, which consequently becomes worse. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-buying-health-expense.html Thu, 21 May 2026 15:00:05 EDT news698586781 Can spending more time engaging with the arts, such as visiting galleries, museums, singing or painting, really lead to a longer and healthier life? It's certainly an appealing idea. And it's not implausible. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-engaging-arts-aging.html Thu, 21 May 2026 13:40:02 EDT news698584621 Uterine cancer is the deadliest cancer of the female reproductive system. Currently, clinicians treat the disease by using a mix of surgery and chemotherapy. But not everyone responds to this line of treatment, and those who fail first-line therapies are often left without next steps. Research by the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) shows that a breast cancer drug could provide new options for people suffering from treatment-resistant uterine cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-breast-cancer-drug-effective-treatment.html Thu, 21 May 2026 12:40:08 EDT news698582980