Archive

U.K. food insecurity is associated with mental health conditions

Written by | 23 Oct 2025

Food insecurity affects about 1 in 13 (7.8%) U.K. households, with higher rates of food insecurity found in Black British households and people with long-term mental health conditions, […]

A triple-threat iron supplement that also improves gut health

Written by | 18 Oct 2025

Iron-deficiency anemia is a common condition marked by tiredness, headaches or ice cravings. But the oral iron supplements used to treat it can leave behind excess iron that […]

Vegan diet helps people with type 1 diabetes cut insulin costs by 27%

Written by | 17 Oct 2025

A low-fat vegan diet that doesn’t limit calories or carbohydrates could help people with type 1 diabetes reduce insulin use and insulin costs, according to new research by […]

Combination of pre- and probiotics offers superior anti-inflammatory benefits compared with omega-3 or prebiotic alone

Written by | 16 Oct 2025

A new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that combining certain types of dietary supplements is more effective than single prebiotics or omega-3 […]

Calorie labelling linked to 2% average reduction in energy content of menu items

Written by | 12 Oct 2025

Calorie labelling, which became law in April 2022 in England, is associated with only a small (2%) average reduction in the energy content of food that is available […]

Many older adults – especially Gen X women – show signs of addiction to ultra-processed foods

Written by | 5 Oct 2025

They were the first generation of Americans to grow up with ultra-processed foods all around them – products typically loaded with extra fat, salt, sugar and flavorings. They […]

Study finds critically endangered sharks being sold as food in U.S. grocery stores

Written by | 15 Sep 2025

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has uncovered that shark meat sold in U.S. grocery stores, seafood markets, and online vendors often comes […]

Salt substitutes underused to control high blood pressure

Written by | 5 Sep 2025

Researchers report that few people in the USA use salt substitutes to help control high blood pressure despite the fact they are a simple and effective method to […]

Plant-based diets can reduce the risk of multimorbidity

Written by | 25 Aug 2025

In a large-scale multinational study involving over 400,000 women and men aged 37 to 70 years from six European countries, researchers from the University of Vienna, in collaboration […]

Less processed diet may be more beneficial for weight loss

Written by | 12 Aug 2025

When given nutritionally matched diets, participants lost twice as much weight eating minimally processed foods compared to ultra-processed foods, suggesting that cutting down on processing could help to […]

Nearly 12% of Americans have used GLP-1 weight loss drugs

Written by | 11 Aug 2025

Nearly 12% of Americans have used GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, including about one-fifth of women aged 50 to 64, according to a new RAND report. Surveying a nationally […]

Over decades, a healthy lifestyle outperforms metformin in preventing onset of Type 2 diabetes

Written by | 7 Jul 2025

In the early 2000s the U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a large randomized clinical trial, showed that intensive lifestyle modification was better than a medication called metformin at […]

Newsletter Icon

Sign up to our mailing list

If you're a healthcare professional you can sign up to our mailing list to receive high quality medical, pharmaceutical and healthcare news and e-journals. Get the latest news and information across a broad range of specialities delivered straight to your inbox.

Sign Up

You can unsubscribe at any time using the 'Unsubscribe' link at the bottom of all our email journals and publications.