Scientists comment on a report by the House of Lords Food Diet and Obesity Committee. Dr Nerys Astbury, Associate Professor – Diet & Obesity, Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, ...

October 21, 2024 expert reaction to study looking at a home-based transcranial direct current stimulation treatment (tDCS) and major depressive disorder . A study published in Nat ...

“EFSA’s recent risk assessments of PFAS, based on epideminological studies, concluded that PFAS affects the immune system at exceptionally low levels of exposure.

A study published in Addiction looks at the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists (Ozempic) for opioid and alcohol addiction. Prof Matt Field, Professor of Psychology, University of Sheffield, said: ...

Dr Simon Cork, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), said: “The planned roll out of tirzepatide marks a key milestone in the future of obesity treatment. Like semaglutide ...

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Dr Meilan Huang, Senior Lecturer at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, said: “It’s really exciting news David Baker’s Rosetta and Google Deepmind’s Alphafold ...

A perspective piece published in PLOS Medicine looks at ultra-processed foods and public health warnings. Dr Ian Johnson, Nutrition researcher and Emeritus Fellow, Quadram Institute, said: ...