Credit: Keira Burton from Pexels The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a global standard for classifying diseases, deaths and health conditions and has been used for more than a…
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Gut microbiome changes linked to multiple sclerosis, study finds
Overview of study design. Credit: Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation (2025). DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200355 The gut microbiome comprises the trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms that live in our digestive tracts, and…
Tiny gene could hold key to treating malignant cardiac arrhythmia
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cardiac arrhythmias affect millions across the world and are responsible for a fifth of all deaths in the Netherlands. Currently there are multiple treatment options, ranging…
Blood test could identify expectant mothers at risk of preterm delivery
Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels A research team from Sinai Health and the University of Toronto has identified a way to determine which mothers are more likely to deliver a…
War study in Ukraine suggests hydrodissection may reduce pain, opioid use in post-amputation pain
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A reliable method to treat post-amputation pain remains elusive, but a new Northwestern Medicine study conducted in collaboration with Ukrainian physicians suggests that hydrodissection—a simple procedure…
New therapy reduces reoffending in male offenders with antisocial personality disorder
Credit: Alex Green from Pexels A new psychological therapy designed by a team of UCL-led researchers has been found to reduce rates of violence and aggression among male offenders with…
Treating liver fibrosis and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: Research identifies novel mechanism
The proposed model for FGF21-activated PPP6C in treating liver Fibrosis and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis. Credit: Prof. Li Yu’s group Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) significantly increases the risk of liver cirrhosis…
AI model automatically segments MRI images, reducing radiologist workload
Example MRI scans in the training dataset. Since images were randomly sampled from clinical routine, the dataset (n = 561) contains a wide variety of different contrasts, pathologies, and image…
Mapping complex interactions between sex hormones and neurological health
The brain-pituitary-ovarian axis (simplified). 4A, delta-4-androstenedione; ACh, acetylcholine; DA, dopamine; E1, estrone; E2, estradiol; FSH, follicle stimulating hormone; G, ghrelin; GnRH, gonadotropin-releasing hormone; 5-HT, 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin); I, insulin; K, kisspeptin;…
Obesity and medication: When does bodyweight matter?
Credit: freestocks.org from Pexels How can we best treat infectious diseases in people with obesity? Hospital pharmacist and Ph.D. researcher Koen van Rhee studied how obesity affects blood levels of…
