Why caffeine makes some people buzz
Scientists say it all depend on caffeine habits, lifestyle and one factor we have no control over: our genes.
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The Deadlifting Grandma: ‘I’m a world champion’
Martine Barons, 65, has three world titles under her belt after only starting weightlifting in 2024.
‘My mother apologised’: A survivor’s journey after genital mutilation
Sara Kahsai was 29 when she found out she had FGM as a baby.
Cancer patient told she will get drug which could make her life longer
Patients in England with an incurable breast cancer can now access a life-extending drug on the NHS, two years after it was deemed too expensive
Your walking pattern may reveal more about anxiety and depression than you think
Researchers used smartphone and wearable accelerometers to examine how everyday movement patterns relate to anxiety and depression symptoms in middle-aged adults. Phone-derived gait states differed
Study identifies neural signature of pure awareness during meditation
What happens in the brain when thoughts, perceptions and other everyday mental activity become very quiet, while we remain awake and aware?
New drug molecule reshapes protein to improve cancer target selectivity
A square peg doesn’t fit a round hole. But what if the peg could change the shape of the hole?
Shatavari may affect more than hormones, and the gut could help explain why
A review in Nutrients examined how bioactive compounds in Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari) may influence cognitive health through the microbiota-gut-brain axis, estrogen-related signaling, neuroinflammation, oxidative stress
Fermented dairy was linked to lower mortality, but the pattern shifted at higher intakes
Analysis of 37,366 US adults found that fermented dairy consumption was associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, with consumers showing adjusted hazards 18% and
New hope for breast cancer patients as life-extending drug now on NHS in England
Enhertu, which can give patients an extra seven months to live on average, has been prescribed in Scotland for more than two years and is
Report: Nitrous oxide found effective as major depression treatment
Results of a new study show that patients with major depressive order who have not been helped by antidepressants could benefit from nitrous oxide.
Cold plunges may boost your mood, but the evidence is still on thin ice
A Molecular Psychiatry review examined evidence linking cold exposure with mood and mental health outcomes, alongside proposed roles for catecholamines, the HPA axis, and immune-inflammatory
Scientists tested how much whole grain makes a difference. The answer was not simply “more”
A meta-analysis of 87 randomized trials found that increasing whole-grain intake was associated with improvements in several cardiometabolic risk factors, although many individual changes were
The music in psychedelic therapy may be more than background sound
A narrative review examines how music interacts with psychedelics, psychological support, and treatment context in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, arguing that its role cannot be understood as