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[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Chronic breathlessness, a symptom often overlooked by health care systems, is associated with longer lengths of hospital stay on already overstretched health care resources, says new Flinders University research. A new study, published in the Australian Health Review, highlights an urgent need for clinicians and …

[ Cancer researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have published three new studies demonstrating how advanced artificial intelligence and population health analytics can identify and address barriers to quality cancer care. Source link

[ (A–C) Direct bilirubin is a marker of cholestasis, γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) is a marker of cholangiocyte injury, and aspartate amino transferase (AST) is a marker of hepatocyte injury. Statistical significance for box plots was determined via 2-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post hoc comparison. *P< 0.05, from within-diet comparisons, and …

A former Unilever executive whose consumer insight platform is used by nearly a dozen of the world’s largest packaged goods companies has raised millions of pounds to fund its expansion. Sky News understands that Bolt Insight, which counts Unilever, Reckitt and Danone among its clients, will this week announce a …

[ Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center presented promising new data from two ongoing studies of pivekimab sunirine (PVEK), an antibody-drug conjugate targeting CD123, in treating two aggressive blood cancers at the 67th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international research team has uncovered a surprising ally in the fight against insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes: a microbial metabolite called trimethylamine (TMA). Published in Nature Metabolism, the study reveals that TMA, produced by gut bacteria from dietary choline, can block a key …

[ Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) such as semaglutide, liraglutide, and tirzepatide are widely prescribed both for Type 2 diabetes and weight loss. These drugs also have shown promise in clinical trials for patients with chronic cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases. Those studies focused mainly on patients with singular diagnoses, …

👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 David Lammy has set out radical plans to limit jury trials to only the most serious of crimes. The deputy prime minister and justice secretary argues the move will help tackle a backlog of court cases that has “pushed …

[ Arrows show a complete anterior cruciate ligament rupture in an 18-year-old male who had a knee injury while playing football. Credit: Ali Ghasemi, M.D., and RSNA. One of the largest MRI-based studies comparing knee injuries between men and women reveals surprising differences in injury patterns based on gender and …

[ Credit: Julia Larson from Pexels High-intensity interval training boosts fitness and muscle endurance more effectively than traditional home exercise programs in people recently diagnosed with inflammatory muscle disease. That is the conclusion of a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in eBioMedicine. Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group …

[ Two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland show that social support plays an important role in health and well-being in later life. Having access to adequate social support is associated with longevity among older adults, and with better quality of life among home care recipients. Source link

[ For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to pinpoint the neural underpinnings of behavior and decision-making. Past studies suggest that specialized groups of neurons in the mammalian brain, particularly in the cortex, work together to support decision-making and behavioral choices. Source link

Having juggled the early stages of her rugby career with her studies, a life in engineering now beckons for Dow. No job is lined up but she’s in talks with different companies in a sector she describes as “so logical – it’s literally a bit of me”. “I do love …

[ Sagittal and coronal views of the components number 2 and 10 obtained by group ICA, the default mode network (DMN) and dorsal attention network (DAN) respectively. Credit: NeuroImage (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121509 Researchers at Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Radboud University and the University of Oxford’s Wellcome Center for Integrative Neuroimaging, …

Milkshakes and lattes will be hit with a sugar tax for the first time in a bid to tackle obesity, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said. The levy will apply to packaged drinks, not those made in cafes and restaurants. Mr Streeting confirmed the measure in the Commons on Tuesday, …

[ (a) Schematic illustration of the concentration gradient generation principle and the multilayer microfluidic gradient generator. (b) Workflow of the drug cytotoxicity experiment. Credit: Chemical Engineering Journal (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.169510 Scientists from National Taiwan University and the National Institutes of Applied Research of Taiwan have developed a rapid and accurate …

[ Langerhans islet. Credit: Jakob Suckale cc by-sa 3.0 Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have established a novel transplantation site for islets of Langerhans that enables long-term intravital microscopy of islet physiology in awake mice with exceptional stability. In a new study, published in Nature Communications, researchers pioneered the transplantation of …

Available for over a year The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves has been widely trailing this month’s budget and the difficult decisions she’ll have to make in just under two weeks time. This is being taken as code for tax rises and a possible break in Labour’s manifesto pledge with a rise …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Extending anti-clotting drugs beyond the initial treatment period of at least 90 days after a first blood clot is linked to lower rates of new clots developing compared with stopping treatment, finds a US study published by The BMJ. Extended treatment was also linked to …

Tom MacDougall/BBC Pam Hunt campaigned for former students of Lady Mabel College to be recognised More than 500 women have received honorary degrees at a special graduation ceremony, some more than 70 years after completing their studies. The women all completed teacher training courses at the The Lady Mabel College …