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After a decades long hiatus in research, we have seen a resurgence in recent years of trials of psychedelics as potential treatments for a range of mental health conditions. This has restarted the ...
Scientists comment on a position statement on clinical guidance on the use of psychedelics for mental health disorder treatment from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych). Prof David Nutt, The ...
Scientists comment on the upcoming ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) meeting where CDC vaccine advisers will discuss COVID-19, MMRV and Hep B vaccine recommendations.
The World Meteorological Organisation released its new report The State of Global Water Resources 2024.
The findings were published on Thursday 18 th September in a special issue of the Royal Society journal Philosophical Transactions B are the culmination of a £47.5 million, five-year-long, UKRI-funded ...
September 17, 2025 New AI model for predicting individual risk of disease over decades . Researchers have developed a new generative AI model (Delphi-2M) that uses anonymised larg ...
An unpublished conference abstract presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) looks at a new RNA-based weight loss drugs which aims to alter metabolism for long term weight ...
‘Summer heat deaths in 854 European cities more than tripled due to climate change’ by Barnes et al. is an unpublished analysis conducted by Imperial’s Grantham Institute and LSHTM. The embargo lifted ...
“These two studies investigated the effects of higher dose semaglutide on body weight in patients with obesity with and without type 2 diabetes. The effects of high dose semaglutide were compared ...
A study published in JAMA Pediatrics looks at the safety of weight loss drugs in children and adolescents with obesity or type 2 diabetes. Prof Naveed Sattar, Professor of Cardiometabolic ...
Scientists comment on news of a UK-US deal on nuclear energy. “We welcome today’s news of the US-UK deal to enable major expansion of new nuclear projects in the UK, building on investment in Sizewell ...
September 10, 2025 expert reaction to study comparing use of two-part MRI scan to three-part MRI scans in the diagnosis of prostate cancer . A study published in JAMA compares the ...