Subtle sleep brainwave patterns may offer early clues to dementia risk — but they are not yet a ready-made predictive test For a long time, sleep was mostly viewed as a consequence of brain health: when the brain begins to fail, sleep tends to worsen...
Continue readingChildren may start absorbing alcohol norms far earlier than parents think — and what they see at home matters It is easy to think of alcohol influence as something that begins in adolescence — at parties, through peer pressure, or during the first ex...
Continue readingCollagen supplements are marketed for skin and joints — but the evidence provided here is too thin to confirm how much they really help Few supplements have become as culturally entrenched as collagen. It appears in powders, capsules, drinks, gummies...
Continue readingSmoke-free laws can slash second-hand smoke exposure — and Scotland remains one of the clearest real-world examples Some public health arguments age badly. One of them is the old claim that banning smoking in indoor public places would amount to litt...
Continue readingProtein-structure changes may open a new frontier in Alzheimer’s biomarkers — but the evidence is still indirect Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics are becoming increasingly molecular. For years, the conversation revolved around amyloid plaques, tau pro...
Continue readingEliminating cervical cancer for Indigenous women may depend less on new technology than on getting screening access right Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers for which medicine can now see a plausible path to elimination. HPV vaccination, regul...
Continue readingWearable data may help personalise remote COPD rehabilitation — but it does not yet predict engagement with confidence Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, does more than limit breathing. It often reshapes daily life in ways that are easy...
Continue readingA fetal-like repair mode may help the gut heal — and help explain why chronic inflammation can turn dangerous Medicine often treats regeneration and cancer as opposing forces. On one side is the body trying to repair damaged tissue. On the other is t...
Continue readingBMI can misread health risk for many people — and the problem is everything it leaves out Body mass index has become one of medicine’s most durable shortcuts. With just height and weight, it turns very different bodies into neat categories: underweig...
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