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  • Childhood trauma doubles depression risk in adulthood, study finds
    on September 29, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    A recent analysis of the German National Cohort (NAKO) shows that people who experienced trauma such as abuse or neglect during their childhood or adolescence were around twice as likely to develop depression in adulthood. The links were particularly pronounced in cases of emotional abuse and neglect. The gender differences in depression appeared to be linked primarily to the fact that women were more frequently exposed to certain forms of distressing childhood experiences, rather than to a greater susceptibility of women to their psychological consequences

  • Low-cost platform maps gene activity and metabolites in the same tissue sample
    on September 29, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Spatial transcriptomics (ST) shows which genes are being expressed and where within a tissue. Spatial metabolomics (SM), on the other hand, maps the location of metabolites—small molecules produced or used by cells—within tissue.

  • Severe withdrawal cases point to growing medetomidine use
    on September 29, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    A powerful veterinary sedative, medetomidine, is increasingly appearing in street supplies of the already deadly opioid fentanyl, and the number of patients suffering from medetomidine withdrawal has quadrupled in recent years, according to a new analysis by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Anti-cancer molecules show promise in the fight against malaria
    on September 29, 2026 at 8:00 pm

    Molecules known for their anticancer activity have proven effective against Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria. Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCF-USP) in Brazil also investigated how differences in the molecules’ structure affect their impact on the parasite. The research paves the way for more effective drugs.

  • High-performance AI expands electrocardiogram analysis across medical tasks
    on September 29, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    Conventional AI models in medicine are usually trained for a single, narrowly defined task, such as detecting a specific cardiac arrhythmia. So-called foundation models take a different approach: Much like a language model such as ChatGPT develops a comprehensive understanding of text, an ECG foundation model learns to “understand” the heart signal in all its diversity. It can then apply that knowledge to many medical questions—including those for which only limited specific training data is available. This is a decisive advantage, especially in medicine.