New research suggests obesity may affect men and women differently, with men showing more abdominal fat and liver stress, while women show higher inflammation and cholesterol. These patterns may help ...

The government has announced plans to tighten the rules on school food in England. Under the proposals, deep-fried food would be banned from school dinners and sugary desserts would be limited to once ...

A new mouse study found that CBD improved memory, reduced anxiety-like behaviour and restored some synaptic structure in an Alzheimer’s disease model. Researchers also identified a possible mechanism ...

A large umbrella review found that GLP-1 receptor agonists are consistently linked to gastrointestinal side effects such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. The same review also found possible signals ...

Researchers found that genetic variants linked to type 1 diabetes risk are also active in certain brain cells. The most important signal appeared in microglia, which are the brain’s resident immune ...

A large US study found that long-term exposure to excess weight was a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease than BMI measured at a single point in time. The effect was strongest in younger ...

The key result was that people with higher vitamin D levels in mid-life had lower levels of tau later on. That is potentially important because tau accumulation is strongly associated with ...

A large Italian study found that moderate wine intake within a traditional Mediterranean pattern was linked to slightly slower biological ageing in men. The effect was small and was not seen clearly ...

A US study found that a Food is Medicine programme improved food literacy in rural adults with type 2 diabetes who were uninsured. Participants showed better scores after classes focused on meal ...