Mental healthcare recovery plan
Mental healthcare recovery plan to tackle second pandemic: Responding to NHS England's proposed new standards for mental health services, Sean Duggan, chief executive of the...
‘In this Moment’ mental health exhibition
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at In this Moment an ambitious multi-sensory installation of sound works and soft sculptures by artists India Harvey and Gawain...
The protective armour of superbug C.difficile revealed
The spectacular structure of the protective armour of superbug C.difficile has been revealed for the first time showing the close-knit yet flexible outer layer –...
New Bupa research finds rise in extreme diets
Extreme diets! Bupa’s new research has found more people than ever before are searching for extreme post-pandemic crash diets to shift lockdown weight. Dr Elizabeth...
Research finds organic insecticides more damaging to non-target insects
Organic insecticides more damaging to non-target insects than synthetic counterparts: Very low concentrations of the popular organic insecticide spinosad have profound effects on beneficial insect...
WHO/UNICEF report on formula milk marketing
More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF: New report details exploitative practices employed by $55...
AI could worsen existing health inequities
Data-driven technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are powerful tools demonstrating potential in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as skin cancer. Yet these could...
Discovery of central building block in immune cells
Autoimmune diseases are triggered when the immune system malfunctions and attacks the body's own structures. Although there is not, as yet, any cure for such...
Diet, malaria and substance use linked to Pacific preterm births
Diet, malaria and substance use linked to Pacific preterm births. A new Curtin University study has found diet, malaria, substance use and a lack of...
Long Covid breathing device
Handheld breathing device could reduce breathlessness and improve physical fitness in long COVID patients: New research presented at The Physiological Society's Long COVID: Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and...
