Fat cells have a ‘memory’ of obesity — hinting at why it’s hard to keep weight off: A potential epigenetic reason for why it’s so difficult for folk who’ve lost a lot of weight not to regain it.

To turn Britain around, we need a proper understanding of life for poorer workers: Plagued by ill health and the cost of living crisis.

Fears grow over UK children at risk placed in illegal care homes: Many children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders are being locked up in wholly unsuitable places.

The Sanewashing of RFK Jr.: Let’s not forget that this guy has some very bizarre (and dangerous) ideas.

‘Five to ten seconds appears to be optimal’: the science behind hugs: Why hugs are good.

‘You tried to tell yourself I wasn’t real’: what happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their heads?: Introducing ‘avatar therapy’ - where patients with psychosis interact with digital incarnations of the hallucinatory voices that plague them.

What happens when someone dies on a cruise ship?: I never thought about the need for a morgue on a cruise ship before.

The United States of Abortion Mazes: Access to abortion in each US state visualised as an interactive maze.

Facts Are Important: Abortion Is Healthcare: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on abortion as being a type of healthcare.

Abortion rights: Amnesty International on access to abortion being a human right.

10 Things to Know About Abortion Access Since the Dobbs Decision: Some of the impacts of the overturning of Roe vs Wade in the US.

Jokey reform ideas removed from NHS consultation website: Always dangerous to ask the British public about anything unless you want Boaty McBoatface style answers.

When therapy goes wrong: the problem of underqualified practitioners: Far more people should see therapists, but it is wild that there’s technically nothing to stop anyone claiming to be one.

Induction chemotherapy followed by standard chemoradiotherapy versus standard chemoradiotherapy alone in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer: Research finds that a bout of chemotherapy before the standard chemoradiotherapy reduces deaths from, and recurrence of, cervical cancer.

Muscle matters: the effects of medically induced weight loss on skeletal muscle: Losing large amounts of weight, whether via using pharmaceuticals or otherwise, can cause substantial muscle loss.

MPs to get historic vote on the legalisation of assisted dying: Almost certainly a good idea as long as done alongside a huge improvement in later-life social and medical care.

Nope, the Pandemic Did Not Make Us All Gain Weight:: NHANES data suggests that, contrary to earlier speculation, the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t cause everyone (well, Americans) to gain weight.

The Forever Plague and its enemies: A reminder to put Covid in the context of other illnesses and the external events it’s associated with before assigning it uniquely nightmarish properties.

Reducing Food Cravings: Pratik shares 4 things that research suggests can diminish food cravings: visualising nature, diverting your focus, physical creativity and (certain?) smells.

Maine woman sues Anthem insurance for failing to cover weight loss drugs: I hope she wins - if the drug is deemed medically necessary then that should be sufficient.

Obesity prevalence among US adults falls slightly to 40%, remains higher than 10 years ago: CDC: Hints of a levelling off of the long term trend of increasing rates of obesity, but prevalence of severe obesity is still going up.

Two New Studies Point to Diabetes from COVID: Getting Covid may be a risk factor for developing diabetes, whilst having diabetes is a risk factor for getting severe Covid symptoms.