[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A recent study has found that factors such as a person’s birth weight, sex, ethnicity and father’s age may affect their risk of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a young age. The findings are published in Cancer. In the study of 1,221 people born …

[ Most pandemics start when a pathogen spreads from animals to humans. It’s a leading explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic: The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is a cousin of coronaviruses that live in bats. Source link

[ Global health policymakers should focus on the way entire health care systems work together, argue researchers in new findings. Improving one element does not always create better outcomes if the wider system is not ready. Source link

From the autumn a new Water Safety Forum is being introduced to primary and secondary schools. BBC News

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with and beyond cancer have unique needs and perspectives that clinicians should be aware of when providing health care. A practice article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal provides easy-reference guidance on how to support this demographic of people …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Why do some people seem to thrive under pressure while others seem to fold or crumple? This phenomenon is also known as choking and is defined as performing worse than expected given ability in a situation with a high degree of perceived importance. The concept …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For more than a century, people with Down syndrome have been defined by what medicine says they cannot do. That framing has consequences. It shapes the information families receive during prenatal screening, the choices they feel they have and the assumptions that go unexamined. Often, …

[ Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya from Pexels A new study finds that a class of oral and intranasal medications known as gepants may be an effective and well-tolerated treatment for vestibular migraine (VM). The findings are published in the journal Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Vestibular migraine is the most common cause …

[ Fibromyalgia is a complex disorder characterized primarily by chronic widespread pain, fatigue and other physical and cognitive symptoms. Although it affects millions of people worldwide, the underlying biological mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Now, a study by the University of Barcelona suggests that neuroimmune alterations in the central …

[ A field research team member holds a test tube containing blacklegged ticks. Credit: Roman McKay/University of Ottawa, CC BY After a cold Canadian winter, most of us look forward to the spring and summer months to get outside and experience the natural world, whether it’s hiking, biking, gardening or …

[ Credit: Erik Mclean from Pexels A recent study from researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at the University of California San Diego developed and validated a new way to measure changing social norms around cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in the …

[ TEM figures for each sample type. a: Amniotic fluid, lean. b: Amniotic fluid, overweight. c: Amniotic fluid, obesity. d: Maternal feces, lean. e: Maternal feces, overweight. f: Maternal feces, obesity. Images were taken with a magnification of 18,500–30,000. The scale bar for each figure is 200 nm. Credit: BMC Medicine …

[ Some psychedelics, psychoactive substances that alter people’s mood, perceptions and mental processes, were recently found to be promising alternative treatments for some mental health disorders. The substance that has attracted the most interest so far is psilocybin, a naturally occurring hallucinogenic compound found in more than 200 types of …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As summer in the U.S. heats up, people become more diligent about protecting their skin from the sun. Another option for doing so will soon be available. On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first new sunscreen ingredient to be …

One in five men dies before the age of 65 but getting help sooner could save lives. BBC News

[ Problems in adulthood such as tobacco use disorder and some conditions related to the digestive system, heart, bladder, joints and brain are all shown to be affected by some influences that occurred in childhood, according to research presented Saturday at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago. …

[ Credit: Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2026.102981 A gene therapy designed to replace a missing brain protein restored normal brain activity and improved behavior in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), according to a study led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside. The findings, …

[ Different neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are characterized by highly distinct patterns of behavior and associated challenges. While many past neuroscience studies have tried to uncover the unique neurobiological underpinnings of each condition, whether they share any …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Studies of alcohol’s effects on health have offered contradictory findings, with some suggesting a glass of red wine a day is beneficial and others saying even a drop of booze is too much. A new review attempting to clarify the risks finds more than 60 …

Professor of Health Care Law at UCL, Prof Sir Jonathan Montgomery, said: “Legal proceedings are expected to provide further scrutiny” of the trial, adding: “If there are legal issues that the regulators have overlooked, then it is in everyone’s interests that these are clarified as soon as possible.” BBC News