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Global warming may increase sugar consumption in the US in the form of sweetened drinks, ice creams and frozen desserts, according to new research
Scientists find a surprising reason why people are eating more sugar
WASHINGTON – Ice creams, frozen desserts and super-chilled sodas take on a new appeal in sticky summer heat. As climate change drives hotter temperatures, Americans are consuming more and more of them, new research finds, with worrying health consequences.There is plenty of evidence climate change will shape food availability and quality, leading to shortages, price increases and even affecting nutritional value, said Pan He, a study author and a lecturer in environmental science and sustainability at Cardiff University. But far less is known about its effects on what we choose to eat and drink, she told CNN.The researchers scoured US household food purchasing data between 2004 to 2019 allowing them to track the same families over a long time. They then compared purchasing decisions with...
September 09, 2025

Scientists find a surprising reason why people are eating more sugar

In this photo provided by NASA, a cosmonaut and astronauts are seen in a SpaceX spacecraft shortly after having landed in the Pacific Ocean near California on Aug. 9, 2025
Going to space could speed up biological ageing, NASA study finds
HOUSTON — Going to space could speed up biological ageing, according to new research that tracked changes to human stem cells during four missions in space.The study, which was supported by the American space agency NASA, found that blood cells that were sent to space lost some of their ability to make healthy new cells and started showing genetic damage, both signs of accelerated ageing.“Space is the ultimate stress test for the human body,” said Dr Catriona Jamieson, one of the study’s authors and director of the Sanford Stem Cell Institute at the University of California San Diego in the United States.Jamieson’s team used artificial intelligence (AI)-powered imaging tools to track real-time changes to cultured human cells that were sent on four SpaceX missions to the...
September 05, 2025

Going to space could speed up biological ageing, NASA study finds

The baby had a bloated stomach and was unable to consume food
Indian doctors remove parasitic foetuses from baby's stomach
MUMBAI – Indian doctors have successfully removed "parasitic twins" or two foetuses that were growing inside the abdomen of a 20-day-old baby.Called foetus in foetu, the condition is extremely rare, with fewer than 200 cases being reported worldwide until now, a handful of them from India.The condition develops early in pregnancy where a malformed foetus is absorbed by the host twin. Though the foetus isn't alive, it continues to develop by absorbing nutrients from the host twin – hence the name "parasitic twin".In this case, the woman was pregnant with triplets and two of the foetuses began to grow inside the abdomen of the baby."The surgery was challenging but the baby is healthy and doing well," Dr Anand Sinha, a paediatric surgeon who led the...
September 04, 2025

Indian doctors remove parasitic foetuses from baby's stomach

In the foreground is a round, translucent, petri dish with tiny blue dots of bacterial growth. It is being held by a scientist, out of focus in the background, wearing a pair of purple latex gloves and using a fine needle-like implement to manipulate the blue bacterial colonies.
AI designs antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs
NEW YORK – Artificial intelligence has invented two new potential antibiotics that could kill drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA, researchers have revealed.The drugs were designed atom-by-atom by the AI and killed the superbugs in laboratory and animal tests.The two compounds still need years of refinement and clinical trials before they could be prescribed.But the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) team behind it say AI could start a "second golden age" in antibiotic discovery.Antibiotics kill bacteria, but infections that resist treatment are now causing more than a million deaths a year.Overusing antibiotics has helped bacteria evolve to dodge the drugs' effects, and there has been a shortage of new antibiotics for decades.Researchers have previously used AI to...
August 15, 2025

AI designs antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs

Guangdong authorities have vowed to take decisive and forceful measures to stop the spread of the disease
China reports 7,000 cases of chikungunya virus
SINGAPORE — More than 7,000 cases of a mosquito-borne virus have been reported across China's Guangdong province since July, prompting measures similar to those taken during the Covid-19 pandemic.In Foshan city, which has been hit the hardest, chikungunya patients must stay in hospital, where their beds will protected with mosquito nets. They can only be discharged after they test negative or at the end of a week-long stay.Spread through the bite of an infected mosquito, the virus causes fever and severe joint pain, which sometimes can last for years, but is not usually deadly.Here is what you need to know about the disease.Although rare in China, chikungunya virus outbreaks are common in South and South East Asia and parts of Africa.Most people bitten by an infected mosquito will...
August 07, 2025

China reports 7,000 cases of chikungunya virus

Baby born from three people's DNA in UK first
Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of hereditary disease
LONDON — Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say.The method, pioneered by UK scientists, combines the egg and sperm from a mum and dad with a second egg from a donor woman.The technique has been legal here for a decade but we now have the first proof it is leading to children born free of incurable mitochondrial disease.These conditions are normally passed from mother to child, starving the body of energy.This can cause severe disability and some babies die within days of being born. Couples know they are at risk if previous children, family members or the mother has been affected.Children born through the three-person technique inherit most of their DNA, their genetic blueprint, from...
July 17, 2025

Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of hereditary disease

An image from the UK Biobank project. It shows for MRI scans of the body showing the legs and major organs including the heart, spine and stomach in different colors.
Biggest human imaging study scans 100,000th person
LONDON — Scientists say they can study our bodies as we age in greater detail than ever before, thanks to more than a billion scans of UK volunteers.The world's biggest human imaging project says it has now hit its target of scanning the brains, hearts and other organs of 100,000 people - the culmination of an ambitious 11-year study."Researchers are already starting to use the imaging data, along with other data we have, to identify disease early and then target treatment at an earlier stage," says Prof Naomi Allen, chief scientist at UK Biobank.The data is made available at low cost to teams around the world to find new ways of preventing common health conditions from heart disease to cancer.The 100,000th volunteer to be scanned was Steve, who recently retired from a job...
July 15, 2025

Biggest human imaging study scans 100,000th person

These machines used to read human DNA may soon be used to write sections of it
Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch
LONDON — Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first.The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or unforeseen changes for future generations.But now the world's largest medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, has given an initial £10m to start the project and says it has the potential to do more good than harm by accelerating treatments for many incurable diseases.Dr Julian Sale, of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, who is part of the project, told BBC News the research was the next giant leap in biology."The sky is the limit. We are looking at therapies that will improve people's lives as they age, that will lead...
June 26, 2025

Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch

A young baby wrapped in a blue blanket receives a vaccination in Senegal in 2024
Millions of children at risk as vaccine uptake stalls
LONDON — Progress in vaccinating children against a variety of life-threatening diseases has stalled in the past two decades — and even gone backwards in some countries — a new global study suggests.The situation has been made worse by the Covid pandemic, leaving millions of children unprotected from diseases such as measles, tuberculosis and polio.The researchers are calling for a concerted effort to provide better and more equal access to vaccines.Child health experts warn that cuts to international aid budgets that fund vaccination programs, combined with vaccine scepticism, are creating a "perfect storm".The global childhood vaccination program has been a huge success.Since 1974, more than four billion children have been vaccinated, preventing an estimated 150 million...
June 25, 2025

Millions of children at risk as vaccine uptake stalls

Health experts warn that measles spreads very easily and can lead to some children suffering life-long consequences
Measles holiday warning as cases rise in Europe
LONDON — Families traveling abroad this summer on holiday or to visit relatives are being warned about the rise in measles cases in Europe and other regions.Measles infections in Europe are at a 25-year high, while cases are also surging in countries such as Pakistan and Nigeria.Childhood vaccination rates in the UK that offer protection against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) are still a long way below the recommended 95% uptake, with the lowest regional rates found in London at just over 73% vaccinated.The UK Health Security Agency is warning holidaymakers to make sure they are up to date with their vaccinations and stress that it is never too late to get vaccinated.The UKHSA's latest data on measles infections shows that an outbreak is continuing in England.Some 109 cases were...
June 06, 2025

Measles holiday warning as cases rise in Europe

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