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Is it true that … mental health is affected by inflammation?

If you cut yourself and the area becomes red and swollen, that's inflammation: immune cells are rushing to fight germs and repair tissue. But inflammation can also occur in the body during illnesses, and a low level of…

Doctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns

In one case a woman was left badly shaken when the AI scribe's summary of her conversation wrongly said she had demyelination – serious nerve damage that can lead to multiple sclerosis. It was only when the patient, an…

What FE can teach HE about employability – and where both can do more

Several years later, they will emerge as graduates, ready to enter the world of work. Or at least, that’s the theory. The reality is that many will leave university less prepared for the jobs market than they need to be…

‘People should not feel guilty’: weekend lie-in may be good for you, experts say

Now analysis has produced a heartening caveat to that advice: if you do not overdo it, weekend lie-ins may be good for you, with an ideal benchmark of 1hr 27min extra in bed to protect against high blood pressure. Most…

So you have diarrhea. Here’s what to do and when to seek care

As of late August, more than 17,000 people across the US have had cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection often traced to contaminated produce. But tens of millions of diarrhea cases occur in the US every year, caused by…

New York City to increase cooling tower inspections after legionnaires’ outbreaks

Legionnaires' disease is a serious pneumonia caused by a bacterium called legionella. It often comes from large air-conditioning systems, like those used in hotels, hospitals and high-rise buildings, because the cooling…

‘There’s no place to go’: providers see more abortions later in pregnancy as bans spread in US

Those bans and restrictions have also meant that later abortion care access has grown over the past decade in a handful of haven states and cities. Patients are showing up "later and sicker" in need of reproductive…

Trump EPA is manipulating safety data around a highly toxic flame retardant, advocates allege

The chemical, TBBPA, has been found in dust in US homes and in consumer goods at combined levels that independent research has found may present a danger to the public, and especially small children . The agency is…

Statins can reduce dementia risk by up to 15%, long-term study suggests

The number of people living with dementia globally is forecast to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050. But experts believe almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed. Now research presented in Munich at…

We tried 15 lotions over three weeks. Here’s which our testers loved – and which left them high and dry

Taking care of it can feel like a full-time job, especially if you struggle with anything from dryness and sun damage to psoriasis, not to mention allergies and hormone fluctuations over time. Picking the right lotion…