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Flavonoid-rich foods key to healthy ageing

High consumption of flavonoid-rich foods may support healthy ageing, suggests a study that used data from the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS).

Childhood maternal warmth shapes adolescents’ mental health through social safety

Early-life maternal warmth shapes adolescents’ mental and physical health, with perceptions of social safety mediating this effect, the Millennium cohort study has shown.

Sustained weight loss with semaglutide 2.4 mg for management of obesity in STEP 4 & 5 trials

Semaglutide 2.4 mg supports transformative weight loss when used in the long term, with ≥20% weight loss in 1 in 3 patients.

This was the key finding from the STEP 5 trial of adults with overweight or obesity treated with semaglutide 2.4 mg vs placebo.

Innovative biodegradable biohybrid targeted therapy for intracranial tumours

The world’s first magnetically driven nonimmunogenic blood hydrogel fibre robot for treatment of deep-seated brain tumours have been successfully developed by a collaborative research team from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the Shenzhen University and the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT).

Cough variant asthma: A diagnostic challenge with a simple solution

Long-term rectal cancer outcomes better with laparoscopic vs robotic surgery

Three-year data from the REAL study has shown that robot-assisted resection of middle or low rectal cancer is associated with lower locoregional recurrence and disease-free survival compared with the conventional laparoscopic approach.