Study establishes link between rugby and dementia

People who live in the most deprived areas of the UK experience post-traumatic stress disorder at three times the rate of those who live in more affluent areas.

Women have gotten the message: Breast milk is best for babies. The vast majority begin breastfeeding their infants at birth. So why do most quit earlier than planned?

Researchers from Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan, have revealed that environment influences social behaviors in autism. By using zebrafish that have a mutation in ube3a, a gene linked to Angelman syndrome (AS) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), they demonstrate that sensory processing of environmental information is determinant in the outcome of socializing or not.

A new study led by researchers at the Yale Center for Asthma and Airways Disease and the Center for Pulmonary Precision Medicine (P2MED) in the Yale Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine (Yale PCCSM) sheds light on how asthma behaves differently in males and females both in symptoms and at the level of gene expression. The results are published in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.

Single women and female same-sex couples accounted for 1 in 5 IVF cycles in 2023, according to the latest report on IVF births across Australia and New Zealand.

Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) are developing an artificial intelligence algorithm that can use bone density scans captured to detect potential spine fractures to estimate visceral fat levels, providing a quick, painless and affordable detection method.

Doctors at UI Health performed the first islet transplant with Lantidra, the only therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat brittle type 1 diabetes. A 69-year-old man from Illinois received the therapy on Aug. 26 and subsequently was able to stop taking daily, life-saving insulin injections.

A study has found that adolescents become highly motivated to seek rewards after just a few hours of social isolation. This may be beneficial in driving them toward social interaction, but when opportunities for connection are limited, it could lead them to pursue less healthy rewards like alcohol or drugs.

There is a common misconception that legionella is only found in air conditioners and water towers, however, Griffith University research has found people are likely exposed to the bacteria through other sources, including through soil.

Researchers observed mother–infant interactions in urban UK and rural Ugandan communities, focusing on how mothers soothed their babies following naturally occurring episodes of distress.

The U.S. is purchasing enough doses of a new twice-a-year HIV prevention shot to share with up to 2 million people in poor countries by 2028, the State Department announced Thursday.

Massachusetts insurance carriers will be required to cover vaccinations recommended by the state's department of public health, whether or not those vaccines continue to be recommended by the federal government, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday.

The death rate from hypertensive kidney disease (high blood pressure-related kidney disease) increased by 48% in the U.S. over the past 25 years, with continued differences across demographic groups, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2025.

Breast milk is the first "super food" for many babies. Full of vitamins, minerals, and other bioactive compounds, it helps build the young immune system and is widely considered the optimal source of infant nutrition. Not all mothers, however, have the opportunity to directly breastfeed multiple times during the day and night, and might use expressed milk stored for later.

Less than half of England has access to tirzepatide (Mounjaro) through their GP, despite the NHS roll-out of the weight-loss jab officially starting over two months ago, an investigation by The BMJ has found.

Few people with high blood pressure were using salt substitutes, even though they are a simple and effective way to lower sodium intake and manage blood pressure, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2025, held in Baltimore, September 4–7, 2025.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shown for the first time that a single strand of hair can reveal unique elemental patterns that distinguish people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) from healthy individuals. The findings, published in eBioMedicine, suggest that a simple, noninvasive hair-based test could one day speed up ALS diagnosis and improve patient care.

A transformative new method for freezing human red blood cells has been developed by researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Leeds.