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Health & Medicine
‘Sticky’ brain cells may confuse us into eating more
For the first time, research has shown that impaired brain cells linked to body weight and hunger can be restored - opening up new treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes
Health & Medicine
Teen brains are wired to take risks, but that can be a good thing
Brain imaging is helping us understand why some teenage risk-taking may be beneficial during this important stage of human development
Health & Medicine
Hereditary cancer is more common than you might think
Understanding your genetic cancer risk enables informed healthcare decisions. Wendy Berill, facing terminal cancer, shares her journey to emphasise the importance of genetic testing
Health & Medicine
We need a new approach to suicide prevention
Many complex causes may drive someone to consider suicide. Addressing these causes at a policy level will save lives
Sciences & Technology
Space research helps find targets for early Alzheimer’s test
Methods used to study asteroids and planets could be used in a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – potentially before clinical symptoms develop
Health & Medicine
This is how healthcare should be
Person-Centred Value-Based Health Care shifts the focus from treating a condition to treating a person, by focusing on their values, goals and preferences
Health & Medicine
Rise in e-scooter-related brain injuries highlights the need for new treatments
Traumatic brain injuries have devastating consequences for patients and their families, driving research for new treatments
Health & Medicine
Why antibiotics give you thrush and other microbiome mishaps
Antibiotics cause an imbalance between fungi and bacteria in our microbiome. New ways of understanding this imbalance can help protect against serious disease
Sciences & Technology
Can you accurately read a graph? It may not be as simple as you think
From COVID to mortgage rates, we see data presented in graphs all the time, but our interpretation can differ – a lot