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More than six million vapes and vape pods are still being discarded every week in the UK, with waste management companies warning that despite the ban on single-use e-cigarettes, the sheer volume continues to strain recycling systems.According to a study by recycling organization Material Focus, 6.3 million e-cigarettes and pods will be thrown away every week in 2025, a 23% reduction from the previous year.This suggests that the ban on the sale of disposable e-cigarettes, which came into effect on June 1, 2025, has had an impact on waste levels, with a 31% reduction in the number of e-cigarettes purchased…

Researchers from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil, in collaboration with University College London (UCL) in the UK, have found that both excess abdominal fat and reduced muscle mass significantly increase the risk of death. People with this combination were 83% more likely to die than people without either condition. This combination is indicative of a more serious underlying problem known as sarcopenic obesity. It occurs when muscle mass decreases and body fat increases. This condition can be difficult to identify and is closely associated with decreased independence and quality of life in older adults. It is…

If you’ve ever tried to use a smartphone or tablet with long nails, you know that it can take some adjustment. Rather than tapping naturally with your fingertip, you often have to tilt your finger awkwardly just to make contact with the screen. What if you could use your fingernails instead? Researchers are currently working on a transparent nail polish that could do just that by turning your long fingernails into a touchscreen-compatible stylus. A team from Centenary University in Louisiana will present their findings at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS Spring 2026 will feature…

Critical Path Institute® (C-Path) today announced the launch of One to Millions, a global, multi-stakeholder public-private initiative to enable the scalable development of advanced treatments for highly individualized conditions. Rapid advances in technologies such as antisense oligonucleotides, genome editing, gene therapy, and RNA-based therapies have made it possible to design precisely targeted interventions for very small patient populations and even individual patients. However, existing regulatory and reimbursement frameworks built for population-based medicines and linear development models do not have the capacity to accommodate, creating growing gaps that slow patient access. To bridge this gap, One to Millions leverages C-Path’s centralized…

Global maternal deaths have declined over the past three decades, but progress has slowed in recent years and remains uneven across countries, according to new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 findings released today. The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health. The study estimates that 240,000 women will die from maternal causes in 2023, accounting for 5.5% of deaths among women aged 10 to 54 worldwide. Maternal deaths remain concentrated in regions facing the greatest health system and data challenges, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of the Caribbean. In 2023, Nigeria, India, Democratic Republic…

Naturally occurring haploids are mainly recorded in plants. The first report dates back to 1923, when haploid individuals were identified in Jimson weed. Haploidy also occurs in certain animal lineages. Most notable is the haploid sex determination system in Hymenoptera and Diptera, such as the honey bee, which is functionally haploid because males develop from unfertilized eggs. However, experimentally induced haploid animals, especially vertebrates, typically exhibit severe developmental defects collectively referred to as “haploid syndromes”, ultimately leading to fetal lethality. New study published in KeAi journal reproduction and reproduction This reveals why haploid fish embryos cannot survive normal development. Researchers…

Conclusion: A machine learning model that analyzes patient demographics, electronic medical record data, and routine blood test results predicted patients’ risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, with high accuracy. Journal in which the study was published: cancer discoveryJournal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) author: Carolyn Schneider, MD, is co-senior author and corresponding author and assistant professor at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Schneider co-led the study with Jakob Kasser, MD, professor of clinical artificial intelligence at Germany’s Dresden University of Technology. Jan Klusmann, MD, is the study’s lead author and a clinical…

Physical pain, heart-related sensations and repetitive negative thoughts are among the most commonly reported symptoms of depression in South Asian communities, yet none of them are included in the diagnostic criteria used to screen for depression in the UK, according to new research led by the University of Surrey. Published in British Journal of Psychiatrya systematic scoping review examined decades of research across the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and Australia. They found that South Asian diaspora populations experience depression differently than the majority white population and with symptoms listed in ICD-11, the international classification system that is the…

No matter where you go on social media, short videos are everywhere. Repeated access to this short, informative, and rewarding content primes your brain to think the experience is fun or satisfying. Indulging in too many videos can cause people to develop short video addiction (SVA). This is a maladaptive pattern that tends to make it difficult for viewers to control their viewing of short videos. With the proliferation of short videos online, SVA has become a growing concern as it affects the efficiency of daily life and negatively impacts mental and physical health. This is why it is so…

Some of the longest and most important animal migrations on Earth take place beneath the surface of rivers. An important new report from the United Nations environmental treaty, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), warns that many of these migrations are now rapidly collapsing. A global assessment of migratory freshwater fishes, presented at the CMS 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Brazil, found that migratory freshwater fishes are among the most endangered species in the world. These fish are essential to maintaining healthy rivers, supporting major inland fisheries, and providing food and livelihoods…