Lung cancer in never-smokers is too important to ignore — but mass screening is not proven yet For decades, lung cancer was understood mainly as a disease of smoking. There were good reasons for that: smoking remains by far the strongest risk factor....
Continue readingProteomic signatures are starting to show why physical activity protects against chronic disease Few health messages are repeated as often — or supported as strongly — as this one: regular physical activity lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease,...
Continue readingHeart health and fracture risk may be more connected after menopause than they look — but the new metric is not proven yet Menopause is not simply the end of reproductive cycles. It is also the point at which two major health threats begin to rise mo...
Continue readingMore diverse biobanks are reshaping precision medicine — and correcting a genetics problem hiding in plain sight Precision medicine is often described as the future of healthcare: predict disease earlier, diagnose more accurately and tailor care to t...
Continue readingWhy IBS diets help some people — and barely move the needle for others For people living with irritable bowel syndrome, food can start to feel like a minefield. A meal that seems completely ordinary can end in bloating, abdominal pain, gas, urgency,...
Continue readingThe obesity-cancer link is getting clearer — and inflammation, hormones and metabolism are at the centre The relationship between obesity and cancer stopped being a speculative idea years ago. Epidemiologic evidence now consistently shows that obesit...
Continue readingSingle-cell tools are changing how scientists see immune memory, even if they do not yet explain it fully Immune memory is one of the body’s most impressive biological tricks. It is what allows the immune system to respond faster and more effectively...
Continue readingVagus nerve stimulation is emerging as an early, non-invasive bet against age-related memory decline Few aspects of ageing worry people as personally as memory. Misplacing names, taking longer to recall familiar information or noticing more frequent...
Continue readingAI may help spot intimate partner violence risk earlier, but prediction is not the same as protection Intimate partner violence is one of the hardest health problems to detect while it is still partly hidden. It often does not arrive in a clinic as a...
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