Smoke-free laws can slash second-hand smoke exposure — and Scotland remains one of the clearest real-world examples Some public health arguments age badly. One of them is the old claim that banning smoking in indoor public places would amount to litt...
Continue readingProtein-structure changes may open a new frontier in Alzheimer’s biomarkers — but the evidence is still indirect Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics are becoming increasingly molecular. For years, the conversation revolved around amyloid plaques, tau pro...
Continue readingEliminating cervical cancer for Indigenous women may depend less on new technology than on getting screening access right Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers for which medicine can now see a plausible path to elimination. HPV vaccination, regul...
Continue readingWearable data may help personalise remote COPD rehabilitation — but it does not yet predict engagement with confidence Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, does more than limit breathing. It often reshapes daily life in ways that are easy...
Continue readingA fetal-like repair mode may help the gut heal — and help explain why chronic inflammation can turn dangerous Medicine often treats regeneration and cancer as opposing forces. On one side is the body trying to repair damaged tissue. On the other is t...
Continue readingBMI can misread health risk for many people — and the problem is everything it leaves out Body mass index has become one of medicine’s most durable shortcuts. With just height and weight, it turns very different bodies into neat categories: underweig...
Continue readingLung cancer in never-smokers is too important to ignore — but mass screening is not proven yet For decades, lung cancer was understood mainly as a disease of smoking. There were good reasons for that: smoking remains by far the strongest risk factor....
Continue readingProteomic signatures are starting to show why physical activity protects against chronic disease Few health messages are repeated as often — or supported as strongly — as this one: regular physical activity lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease,...
Continue readingHeart health and fracture risk may be more connected after menopause than they look — but the new metric is not proven yet Menopause is not simply the end of reproductive cycles. It is also the point at which two major health threats begin to rise mo...
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