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Scientists comment on an update from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on the PATHWAYS trial of puberty … read more

A study published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine looks at bending over during pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage.    Prof Asma … read more

Scientists comment on two medical AI models, published in Nature, for patient management.    Comments from our friends at SMC Spain: … read more

A study published in JAMA Network Open looks at use of the combined oral contraceptive pill and binge eating.    Rachel Richardson, … read more

A cohort study published in JAMA Network Open looks at gestational exposure to environmental chemicals and birth outcomes.    Prof Oliver Jones, … read more

I was delighted when the Royal Society asked me to be in charge of drafting the chapter on media and … read more

On Monday 15th June, the UK Government announced that a social media ban for under 16’s would come into play … read more

An observational study published in The Lancet Regional Health Europe looks at prevalence and diagnosis trends of ADHD.   Dr Rachel Moseley, … read more

Medicines data, patient characteristics, and medical outcomes aren’t routinely linked, so healthcare professionals and policymakers can’t fully track how medicines … read more

Scientists comment on the UK Government announcing a social media ban for under-16s.    Dr Madeline G. Reinecke, Postdoctoral Researcher … read more

Scientists comment on speculation of a social media ban for under-16s.    Dr Holly Bear Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of … read more

An unpublished conference abstract presented at ENDO conference 2026 looks at anxiety behaviours of offspring rats from mothers exposed to … read more

Scientists comment on the Department of Health and Social Care (DSHC) announcing a one-off meningitis vaccination programme for young people. … read more

Scientists comment on the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approving the first GLP-1 receptor agonist oral pill.   … read more

Scientists comment on the latest measles figures published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).    Prof Helen Bedford, Professor … read more

Bovine TB is still one of the biggest problems facing cattle farming. For many years it has been a fraught … read more

Two studies published in The Lancet look at AstraZeneca’s GLP-1 pill elecoglipron for weight loss and lowering blood-sugar in adults with and … read more

A study published in Nature Medicine looks at a drug to preserve lean body mass during weight loss with tirzepatide.    Dr … read more

A perspective piece published in Science looks at the evidence around ultra-processed foods (UPFs).    Dr Sumanto Haldar, Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences, … read more

Scientists comment on UK Biobank’s Oversight Committee report into data security.    Professor John Danesh, BHF Professor of Epidemiology and … read more