Herefordshire is the place in the UK for “people who want to spiritually develop themselves”, a monk says. Venerable Dhammaloka, a senior Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka, says he can “feel” the county has the right “state of balance”. For a person “to be happy”, he said: “They need the …

[ Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Dozens of research teams around the world are working to halt, treat and even prevent Alzheimer’s disease, which silently develops in the brain for more than a decade before symptoms appear. Although recent years have brought important advances, researchers continue to search for therapies …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Drugs commonly used for weight loss, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, have been found to reduce the key symptoms of binge eating disorder in a new review of evidence led by University College London (UCL) researchers. The systematic review and meta-analysis, published in eClinicalMedicine, found …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The cost of a healthy diet has increased 25 percent in the past five years, putting it out of reach for one-third of the global population, according to figures released Wednesday by the United Nations. The increased cost means a healthy diet costs an average …

[ Drugs commonly used for weight loss, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, have been found to reduce the key symptoms of binge eating disorder in a new review of evidence led by University College London (UCL) researchers. Source link

[ Having an epidural during labor is not associated with clinically significant increased risks of harm to newborn babies, including brain injury, severe breathing problems, sepsis and death, or cerebral palsy later in childhood, according to a study published in The BMJ. Source link

[ Healthy collagen has a highly ordered microscopic “twist” (chirality) that gives rise to a strong optical signal. As collagen begins to age or deteriorate, this twist is gradually lost long before the fibers themselves start to break apart. Eventually, the collagen network becomes sparse and collapses. This work demonstrates …

O’Donnell told the inquiry that, at the end of 2024, he was asked to review thousands of incident reports raised by staff, some dating back to 2021. He said he was instructed by a senior member of staff, who said: ‘We need to get these gone’.” He said they included …

[ Research published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research analyzed repeated cross-sectional survey data from 9,996 participants ages 16 and older who reported currently smoking. It found that while most smokers (76.9%) reported purchasing tobacco only from legal sources, 23.1% reported purchasing tobacco from illicit sources at least once in the …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Black African and Black Caribbean women in the UK want clearer and more accessible information about breast cancer screening, according to a study from the University of Surrey. Surrey researchers sought to understand why Black women are less likely to attend breast cancer screening than …

[ More than half of U.S. states are grappling with an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by a foodborne parasite, America’s top health agency reported Tuesday. Source link

[ This figure shows a 3D view of simulated tumors, with their cross-sections showing fibroblasts acting as physical barriers separating immune system T cells from cancer cells in patients not responding to immunotherapy treatment. Credit: Atul Deshpande, Ph.D., and colleagues Using computational tools, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer …

Relationship OCD typically falls into two categories: one is relationship-centred, where you doubt your feelings, and the other is partner-focused, which centres around a partner’s potential flaws. Symptoms mainly present in romantic relationships but can also affect other types too, said Doron. Life transitions such as becoming official, moving in …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain “I think you always believe it’s never going to happen to me.” That is how one parent described learning that their newborn baby had been identified as being at possible risk of a rare genetic condition through routine newborn screening. Known as the newborn blood …

[ Credit: Mix and Match Studio from Pexels Black and Asian doctors in the UK are up to 30 times less likely to be offered medical training posts in some specialties than white candidates, data published exclusively by The BMJ today show. The findings—based on 2024 NHS England (NHSE) data …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain From the emergency department (ED) to the intensive care unit (ICU), a clear, collaborative admission process at a Tennessee hospital cut in half the time newly admitted critically ill patients waited to receive specialized care, even as they waited in the ED for an ICU …

[ For Black individuals in the United States, being born in another country was associated with a lower risk of stroke, according to a study published in Neurology. “In the United States, people who identify as Black have a higher rate of stroke compared to other groups and are often …

[ Perspective clinical scenario for using the DeepHHF score. Credit: npj Digital Medicine (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41746-026-02835-8 Researchers at the Technion Faculty of Biomedical Engineering have achieved a breakthrough in the early detection of heart failure. They developed DeepHHF, an artificial intelligence model that identifies patients at high risk of developing …

[ Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that microglia—the main immune cells of the brain—play a critical role in maintaining the stability of neuronal networks in Alzheimer’s disease. Crucially, this suggests treatments that indiscriminately suppress these cells could be counterproductive. Source link

The mother of a 16-year-old girl who died at an Essex mental health unit has made a direct appeal to the chair of a public inquiry, saying: “Don’t let the blood be on your hands – you can change things.” Victoria Sebastian was giving evidence to the Lampard Inquiry in …