“This updated Cochrane review provides robust evidence that exercise can moderately reduce depressive symptoms in adults compared to no treatment or control interventions, with effects appearing ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis published in the BMJ looks at weight regain after stopping obesity drugs. Prof Jason Halford, Professor of Biological Psychology and Health Behaviours, University ...

What happens to body weight and measures of cardiometabolic health after people stop taking obesity drugs?

“This work is unique in its scale of assessment of food additives in a large number of study participants, and also puts added focus on the recognition by the International Agency for Research on ...

Dr Jeffrey Glennon, Assistant Professor at University College Dublin School of Medicine / Conway Institute, said: “Autism affects around 1 in 100 people in Ireland with autistic traits occurring in 1 ...

Scientists comment on the British Steel factory situation. Prof David Dye, Professor of Metallurgy, Imperial College London, said: How do the furnaces work? And why do we need these certain ...

A study published in Nature Communications looks at phenotyping of patients with post-infectious ME/CFS. Prof Karl Morten, Principle Investigator, Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health ...

A large explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, was reportedly caused by a large quantity of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse near the port.

Scientists comment on an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia which has led to tsunami warnings across the Pacific. Prof Malcolm Sperrin, Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine ...

A study published in Neurology looks at the association between high fat cheese and dementia risk. Prof Eef Hogervorst, Professor of Biological Psychology and Director Dementia Research, National ...

It has been announced that the Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated radioactive water into the ocean from the 24th August. These comments accompany an SMC Briefing. Prof Paul Leonard, ...

Starting later time this year, Japan is preparing to release over a million tonnes of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific. Prof Jim Smith, Professor of Environmental ...