North-south autism assessment divide in the UK leaves children waiting three years longer

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Children in the North of England are waiting up to three years longer than those in the south for an autism diagnosis, new data analysis shows.…

Retired Olympic athletes at greater risk of skin cancer and osteoarthritis, research reveals

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels Researchers from Keele University have revealed that retired Olympic athletes are more likely to develop skin cancer and osteoarthritis than the general population. In their…

Study sheds light on hurdles faced in transforming NHS health care with AI

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into NHS hospitals is far harder than initially anticipated, with complications around governance, contracts, data collection, harmonization with old IT systems, finding…

Breathlessness increases long-term mortality risk, finds a study in Malawi

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Program shows that over half of hospital patients with breathlessness had died within a year…

A novel prognostic model predicts severe cutaneous adverse reaction mortality

The AUC of (A) model 1 (HRR, PLR, and monocyte count): 0.798; and (B) model 2 (HRR, PLR, monocyte count, malignancy, cardiovascular disease, and autoimmune disease): 0.8372. AUC, Area under…

Keto diet linked to reduced depression symptoms in college students

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study shows an association between at least 10 weeks of following a well-formulated ketogenic diet and a roughly 70% decrease in depression symptoms among…

Even healthy children can be severely affected by RSV

Credit: CC0 Public Domain It is not only premature babies and children with underlying diseases who suffer from serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. Even healthy, full‐term babies are at…

Researchers determine that elevated homocysteine stiffens the aorta

Credit: Acta Biomaterialia (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2025.06.003 Cardiovascular diseases remain the most common cause of death worldwide. In Europe, they account for over 40% of all deaths. However, known risk factors…

Centenarian neuroscientist inspires blueprint for vibrant longevity through mentorship and connection

Drs. Seymour Reichlin and Esther Sternberg outside Vivace’s Restaurant, overlooking Tucson, Arizona, U.S. skyline. April 2024. Credit: Dr. Mark Abrams. A viewpoint article published in Brain Medicine. by Dr. Esther…

Squishy ‘smart cartilage’ could target arthritis pain as soon as flareups begin

Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya from Pexels Researchers have developed a material that can sense tiny changes within the body, such as during an arthritis flareup, and release drugs exactly where and…