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Why the causes of poor mental health may share a common root

10 May 2023

The neat picture we once had about the causes of mental illness has turned out to be wrong, but we are building an understanding of a new single underlying factor

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The weird truth about calories and why food labels get them so wrong

10 May 2023

A new understanding of nutrition and how our bodies use calories from food explains why balancing diet and exercise is much more complicated than you might think

MORCAMBE, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 22: Despite inclement weather pensioners raise a happy smile as they perform the famously British dance of comedians Morcambe and Wise next to a statue of Eric Morcambe, at Morcambe Bayon June 22, 2006, in Morcambe, England. Confidence & Happiness specialist, Scientist Cliff Arnall from the University of Cardiff has identified June 23, 2006 as being the happiest day of the year. His calculations were based on outdoor activity, nature, social interaction, childhood summers, positive memories, temperature and holidays. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Ageing is inevitable, but we may soon treat it like any other disease

10 May 2023

Getting older is a fact of life, but there are promising signs that we may be able to intervene to slow – and possibly even stop – the molecular processes that lead to numerous age-related conditions

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Stem cells treat diabetes without triggering immune response in mice

8 May 2023

Genetically altered stem cells that are "invisible" to the immune system treated diabetes in mice without being wiped out by a destructive immune response

A child receives the RTS malaria vaccine in Gisambai, Kenya, in March

Dozens of countries have tamed malaria, but can we eradicate it?

7 May 2023

Many countries and territories have malaria-free status, however, this may be very difficult to achieve in parts of Africa where the parasite is endemic

Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus

4 May 2023

A vein of Galen malformation is a condition that can place pressure on a fetus’s heart and lungs and deprive the brain of oxygen. Surgeons corrected this type of blood vessel problem in a fetus for the first time

Ultrasound opens brain barrier so drugs can reach aggressive tumours

2 May 2023

Penetrating the blood-brain barrier via pulses of ultrasound waves led to a three-fold increase in the concentration of a chemotherapy drug in people with the brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme

Australia to ban nicotine-free vapes in push to end recreational use

2 May 2023

Under new rules in Australia, e-cigarettes will be more tightly regulated as prescription-only pharmaceutical products and nicotine-free vapes will be banned completely