Katharine Lang

Researchers found that women taking menopausal hormone therapy had a 69% lower risk of low bone mineral density than those not using hormone replacement, helping to prevent bone fractures.

Katharine Lang Osteoarthritis, which leads to joint pain, swelling and stiffness, occurs in more than one-third of people over the age of 65.

In a group of adults with prediabetes, three lifestyle changes were more effective at preventing multiple chronic conditions, including hypertension and diabetes, than metformin, according to a JAMA study.

In a group of adults with prediabetes, three lifestyle changes were more effective at preventing multiple chronic conditions, including hypertension and diabetes, than metformin, according to a JAMA study.

Katharine Lang A new study has suggested that an anti-inflammatory diet might help lower dementia risk, particularly in people with Alzheimer's pathology.

Adhering to an anti-inflammatory diet reduced dementia risk by 21% to 29%, even in people who already have elevated blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's, a new study has found.

Not only is gonorrhoea becoming increasingly common, but rising antibiotic resistance is making the once easily curable infection increasingly difficult to treat, reports Katharine LangDrug resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae are spreading in many countries, making antibiotics—including the most used treatments, ceftriaxone and cefixime—ineffective against infection.12Such “super strains” are mainly found in the Asia-Pacific region but global travel networks are leading to infections being recorded in the UK3 and US,4 raising the spectre of local onward transmission. But, in a potential turning of the tide, two new antibiotics were approved for gonorrhoea in the US by its Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2025: gepotidacin (marketed as Blujepa) and zoliflodacin (brand name Nuzolvence). Both are still awaiting approval as gonorrhoea treatments in the UK and EU.5### What is gonorrhoea?Caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae , the infection is transmitted by vaginal, oral or anal sex. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that gonorrhoea affects 19 of every 1000 women and 23 of evert 1000 men globally, with more than 82 million new cases reported in 2020, the most recent year for which figures are published.6Infections in …

Katharine Lang There is increasing evidence that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are harmful to health, but the mechanisms by which they do so are not entirely clear.

Eating a high mount of ultra-processed foods is linked to blood metabolite changes, leading to higher levels of 'bad' fatty acids, according to a large new study.