The BBC’s Annabel Rackham shares some dos and don’ts, following government advice in case of food supply chain disruption. BBC News

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There are substantial health hazards to working with engineered stone countertops, as an article on silicosis, a disease caused by inhaling silica crystals, illustrates in a study appearing in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The article describes a 47-year-old man who visited an emergency department …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cognitive impairment is a prevalent but often unaddressed factor in chronic homelessness, and it must be addressed to help reduce homelessness, argues the author of a commentary published in CMAJ “Chronic homelessness in Canada is a human tragedy and a public policy failure,” writes Dr. …

Accusations that the young are a snowflake generation are wrong, the head of an independent review into mental health, ADHD and autism has told the BBC. In an exclusive interview, Prof Peter Fonagy says there has been a real rise in mental distress among children and young people, with anxiety, …

[ Personalized programs designed to reduce falls in older people may make no difference to how often people fall, according to the most comprehensive research review to date. A new Cochrane review led by the University of Exeter has found that programs tailored to individual risk, known as multifactorial programs, …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Emergency contraception containing mifepristone prevents more pregnancies with fewer side effects than some other common emergency contraceptive pills, such as levonorgestrel, according to a new review involving 87 trials. Emergency contraception is used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. It can be used when no …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Old age and forgetfulness seem to go hand in hand. But my colleagues and I found that memories actually become less precise, not entirely forgotten. Our study, published in the journal Cerebral Cortex, shows how the brain blends related experiences as you age rather than …

In 2023, they were approached by the team at UK Dementia Research Institute and Imperial College London to take part in the trial, which is funded by the medical research charity LifeArc. Their house in west London is now fitted with different sensors, which are connected via the internet, that …

[ Dr. Larry Suva, a professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, collaborated on research identifying a previously unknown pathway that may contribute to immune dysfunction and increased infection risks in people with Down syndrome. Credit: Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Using prostate MRI before a biopsy is a real advance in prostate cancer diagnosis. Multiple randomized trials have shown that imaging the prostate first and then targeting suspicious lesions finds more of the aggressive cancers that matter. As a result, guidelines have progressively strengthened their …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have successfully conducted the first clinical trial using activated regulatory T cells (ATregs, Actileucel)—derived from white blood cells of healthy blood donors. This novel cell therapy aims to prevent graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) following an allogeneic stem cell transplant. The Phase I/II study has yielded …

[ Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, an irregular pattern and consistently higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva were associated with cognitive decline later in life. Black participants specifically had lower overall cortisol levels and less change in their …

[ Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels Could the way we think in our 20s offer clues about our risk of dementia decades later? Large population studies suggest that people who perform better on thinking ability tests in adolescence or young adulthood are less likely to develop dementia later in …

[ The study highlights the importance of health care professionals paying close attention to medications prescribed to older adults, especially those experiencing cognitive decline. Credit: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki Adults 65 and older with cognitive disorders such as dementia are more likely to suffer negative effects from drugs that treat central …

[ Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Health workers in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo badly hit by a deadly Ebola outbreak launched a test vaccination program Saturday to see whether vaccines designed for a different strain of the virus could prove effective in this case. The operation, backed …

[ Credit: Ivan S from Pexels Why do food cravings become so strong during pregnancy? Researchers at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in collaboration with colleagues, have identified a brain mechanism that may help explain how pregnancy changes motivation to seek certain highly palatable foods. This collaborative study was led …

[ Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117969 Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown role for B cells, adaptive immune cells, in triggering and sustaining colitis as a side effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors, a widely used form of cancer …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scrolling through social media can mean encountering a supplement promising better health, a drink offering quick weight loss or a food promoted as a “superfood.” For people looking for advice on what to eat, distinguishing reliable information from misleading claims can be difficult. On Tuesday, …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sleep problems are common in people with schizophrenia and can worsen quality of life, psychiatric symptoms, cognition and daily functioning. Nighttime light is known to interfere with normal sleep and circadian rhythms in the general population, but its relationship with sleep in schizophrenia had not …

[ Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya from Pexels A new study from La Trobe University has identified significant gaps in HIV testing, diagnosis and prevention that are leaving some people vulnerable to infection, despite major advances in treatment and care. The Newly Positive study, completed by the Australian Research Center in Sex, …