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When You Eat Matters: Late-Night Meals May Affect Liver Health

14 October 2026

What if protecting your liver involves more than choosing healthy foods? The timing of your meals could also play an important role. New research suggests that eating late at night may increase the risk of…

Sleep Quality Matters: REM and Deep Sleep Associated With Disease Risk

24 September 2026

Getting enough REM and deep sleep may be associated with a lower risk of dozens of diseases, while sleeping fewer…

Sustainable Diet Changes Could Lower Emissions Without Higher Food Costs

6 July 2026

Modest changes to meat and dairy consumption could help Scotland meet its climate targets while improving public health and nutrition,…

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Science

The Changing Science of Ageing: New Perspectives on the Biology of Growing Older

1 August 2026

As recently as the mid-20th century, ageing was described by Nobel Prize laureate Peter Medawar as “an unsolved problem in biology”. Today, researchers can analyse the activity of thousands of genes in individual cells and…

Study Shows How the Adolescent Brain Reshapes Memory

24 July 2026

Scientists have long known that the brain continues developing well beyond the teenage years, with important changes in decision-making, emotional…

Scientists Design “Ageing Clocks” to Predict Age-Related Decline

24 May 2026

Ageing is a complex biological process, and accurately measuring how the body declines over time has long challenged scientists. People…

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Brain Health

Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Challenges Conventional Understanding of Risk Factors

13 October 2026

For years, high blood pressure and high cholesterol have been recognised as important risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. But new research suggests that people who develop the disease before age 65 may follow a different…