Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news: ‘A ninefold increase is the result of huge advances in our understanding - and brings the hope of fulfilling lives to many more people’.

A call for increased involvement of people with obesity and neurodiversity in policy, research, and practice: Definitely an under-studied and likely stigmatised population.

Body Fat Beats BMI in Predicting Death

The Hidden Risks of Expanding Medical Assistance in Dying: ‘…ask whether it is appropriate for their government to offer easier access to euthanasia than to health care and support’

Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths

Vegan protein matches meat for muscle growth in strength training

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds

Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight: Perhaps measures like visceral fat are more important than BMI.

How weight-loss wonder drugs are redefining the way our bodies work: The ups and downs of GLP-1s.

Farage sparks furious backlash after claiming children with special educational needs are ‘over diagnosed’

Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong? : ‘The alternative model, by contrast, tells a child a very different story: that his A.D.H.D. symptoms exist on a continuum, one on which we all find ourselves; that he may be experiencing those symptoms as much because of where he is as because of who he is; and that next year, if things change in his surroundings, those symptoms might change as well.’

Parents must make tough choices on smartphones, says children’s commissioner for England: ‘As adults we are ourselves dopamine-addicted, stuck in a cycle of scrolling yet we still have no idea of what our children are seeing.’

NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds

One in four women in England have serious reproductive health issue, survey finds | Women’s health: Disparates by race also on show.

Woman becomes first UK womb transplant recipient to give birth

Trump tells UK to buy chlorinated chicken from US if it wants tariff relief

Is it safe? Is it spying? Disquiet over NHS ‘magic eye’ surveillance camera in mental health units: Including concerns that Oxevision may be being used as a substitute for, as opposed to an adjunct to, human care.

Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British: The results weren’t exciting, and the company was in the process of imploding.