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Brain on jazz: Musical improvisation moves beyond pure inspiration to dynamic reconfiguration
An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised based on the melody, and freely improvised based on the chord changes. The analysis of how different ...
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Oncology & Cancer
WISDOM trial weighs risk-based cancer screening
University of California, San Francisco investigators led WISDOM, a randomized comparison of risk-based breast cancer screening and annual mammography. Rates of stage ≥IIB breast cancers met a noninferiority threshold under ...
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New technology reduces false positives in breast ultrasounds
New ultrasound technology developed at Johns Hopkins can distinguish fluid from solid breast masses with near perfect accuracy, an advance that could save patients, especially those with dense breast tissue, from unnecessary ...
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40% of MRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity, study suggests
For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet a new study published in Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the way fMRI data have so ...
Dec 16, 2025
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Bioluminescent tool captures neural activity without external lasers
A decade ago, a group of scientists had the literally brilliant idea to use bioluminescent light to visualize brain activity.
Dec 12, 2025
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Fat tissue around the heart may contribute to greater heart injury after a heart attack
Increased volume of epicardial adipose tissue, detected by cardiovascular imaging, was found to be associated with greater myocardial injury after a myocardial infarction. These findings were presented at EACVI 2025, the ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Imaging study solves a long-standing gap in metastatic breast cancer research and care
A prospective, multicenter cancer clinical trial by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) has validated an improved method for predicting treatment benefits in patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) metastatic ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Calcium in breast arteries predicts future cardiovascular disease
Routine mammograms are a critical tool for breast cancer screening. However, they may also hold crucial, potentially untapped information about a person's risk for cardiovascular disease, the number one cause of death among ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Clinicians now have powerful new tools to diagnose multiple sclerosis earlier
The faster patients can be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the sooner they can begin taking the powerful medications that can prevent further brain damage.
Dec 11, 2025
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Daily scans during prostate cancer could guide changes to treatment, reduce the risk of side effects, study suggests
Daily scans taken during prostate cancer radiotherapy could be repurposed to guide changes to treatment, reducing the risk of side effects, a study suggests.
Dec 11, 2025
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Breast MRI may be safely omitted from diagnostic workup in certain patients with early-stage, HR-negative breast cancer
Patients with stage 1 or 2, hormone receptor (HR)-negative breast cancer had similar five-year rates of locoregional recurrence whether or not they underwent preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in addition ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Psychedelics can disrupt normal link between brain's neuronal activity and blood flow
Psilocybin is a psychedelic drug with promising clinical applications for treating mood disorders and substance abuse disorders. Recent work in functional MRI (fMRI) studies show that psychedelics can reset brain network ...
Dec 9, 2025
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Neutron scattering sheds light on lung injuries linked to vaping
Researchers from the University of Windsor are using neutrons at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to better understand symptoms associated with e-cigarette/vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI).
Dec 9, 2025
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For the first time, next-gen infrared fluorescence imaging helps surgeons see blood perfusion during esophageal surgery
A cross-disciplinary research team has, for the first time, successfully applied NIR-II (1,000–3,000 nm) fluorescence video imaging during esophagectomy—a complex surgical procedure involving the resection of a diseased ...
Dec 9, 2025
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Enhancing breast cancer screening could help save young women's lives
In Estonia, breast cancer screening is offered from the age of 50, yet one-fifth of first diagnoses occur in younger women. A new clinical study has therefore been conducted to test better ways to detect the disease early.
Dec 9, 2025
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Powerful new brain PET scanner is opening new research pathways
At the Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center, an ultra-high-performance brain-dedicated scanner called the NeuroEXPLORER (NX) is redefining what is possible in brain PET imaging.
Dec 9, 2025
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Unified EEG imaging improves mapping for epilepsy surgery
A new advance from Carnegie Mellon University researchers could reshape how clinicians identify the brain regions responsible for drug-resistant epilepsy. Surgery can be a life-changing option for millions of epilepsy patients ...
Dec 8, 2025
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From stress to stroke: What can cause 'holes' and low-activity regions in the brain
If you watched Kim Kardashian's latest health update and felt a jolt at the phrase "holes on the brain," you were not alone. It is a term that sounds catastrophic. Yet on the type of scan she had, a hole does not mean missing ...
Dec 8, 2025
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Visualizing blood vessels in the human body in 3D without injections or radiation
A joint research team led by Professors Jaesok Yu, Hoejoon Kim, and Sanghoon Lee of the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) has developed ...
Dec 8, 2025
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Novel AI technique can distinguish between progressive brain tumors and radiation necrosis
While targeted radiation can be an effective treatment for brain tumors, subsequent potential necrosis of the treated areas can be hard to distinguish from the tumors on a standard MRI. A new study published today led by ...
Dec 8, 2025
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'ULM-Lite' technology uses ultrasound to visualize microvessels in the brain
A research team from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) has improved blood vessel observation technology using ultrasound. The team developed "ULM-Lite," which significantly boosts the efficiency ...
Dec 8, 2025
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Miniature microscope captures real-time voltage signals in awake animals
Researchers have built a tiny, lightweight microscope that captures neuron activity with unprecedented speed that can be used in freely moving animals. The new tool could give scientists a more complete view of how brain ...
Dec 5, 2025
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AI brain scan model identifies stroke, brain tumors and aneurysms
A new AI model could help radiologists identify brain abnormalities in MRI scans for all conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis and brain tumors.
Dec 5, 2025
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Visualizing neural connections in 3D with a new microscopy technique
Leiden researchers can now visualize the connections between brain cells. Their microscopy technique could significantly advance the human quest to understand brain functions. The study is published in the Proceedings of ...
Dec 4, 2025
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Air pollution linked to more severe heart disease
Long-term exposure to common air pollutants is associated with more advanced coronary artery disease—with notable differences between women and men—according to a large-scale study of more than 11,000 adults presented ...
Dec 4, 2025
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