General Healthcare

Discrimination against NHS staff currently stands at a record high, with nearly one in 10 subjected to discrimination in the past year.

Two people have died amid an outbreak of meningitis and septicaemia in Kent, UK, leading the UKHSA to organise a rollout of antibiotics in the Canterbury area.

Taking multivitamins daily for two years can slow biological ageing, researchers reported.

Two-thirds of patients on GLP-1 drugs hide their treatment from loved ones, with varying stigma across social and gender differences.

Ultra-processed food consumption at 3-years-old was tied to adverse behavioural and emotional outcomes at 5-years-old in a 2026 Canadian cohort study.

Nearly 70% of the 23-year-olds binge drank at least once in the last year, with almost one in three doing so at least monthly.

Children experienced losses equivalent to 3 months of skill development in literacy and 14 months of growth in numeracy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elevated levels of salience, abstinence, tolerance, craving, excessive use, desire to control consumption, and alterations in daily life habits are all tied to problematic use.