‘CheekAge, a next-generation epigenetic buccal clock, is predictive of mortality in human blood’ by Maxim N. Shokhirev et al. was published in Frontiers in Ageing at 05:00 UK Time Tue 01 Oct 2024.

“Low vaccine uptake likely has a more significant role in increased measles cases, with uptake rates below 90% particularly in younger age groups (Ho et al. Lancet). However, to determine the true ...

Scientists comment on the FDA approving Cobenfy (KarXT) for schizophrenia. Dr Sameer Jauhar, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Affective Disorders and Psychosis, Consultant Psychiatrist, King’s College, ...

“Including Social media and gaming together is not a convincing argument as they are not the only forms of harm adolescents are at risk from- but the findings showing the difference between genders ...

Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world, affecting around 153,000 people in the UK. It affects the dopamine-producing neurons in the brain and leads to many symptoms, ...

Scientists comment on the new COVID-19 variant, XEC. Prof Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology and Director, UCL Genetics Institute, UCL, said: What is XEC?

‘Comparative effects of drug interventions for the acute management of migraine episodes in adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis’ by William K Karlsson et al. was published in The BMJ ...

“The paper by Crits-Christoph and others is a high quality set of studies, representing a detailed analysis of a major public dataset, released earlier this year by Chinese workers. The conclusions in ...

A follow up of a phase 2 trial published in eClinicalMedicine looks at the effect of psilocybin versus escitalopram for depression. Dr James Rucker, Consultant Psychiatrist & Senior Clinical Lecturer ...

The vast majority of cases of measles in England are in unvaccinated children and young people and outbreaks are always driven by low vaccine coverage, but the proportion of measles cases in adults ...