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The rise in non-prescribed ketamine use across the UK in recent years is a cause for concern, say doctors in The BMJ.

The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has unveiled a new tool: the Healthy Urban Design Index (HUDI). The HUDI is a composite index that evaluates 917 European cities based on 13 indicators connected to peoples’ health and well-being and divided into four domains: urban design, sustainable transport, environmental quality and green space accessibility.

Taking the progestogen-only contraceptive pill desogestrel continuously for more than five years is associated with a small increased risk of developing a type of brain tumor called an intracranial meningioma, finds a study from France published by The BMJ.

When it comes to family leave, American fathers are left behind. In a survey of new fathers led by scientists at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 64% of fathers reported taking less than two weeks of leave or no leave after the birth of their child. Only 36% of dads reported taking more than two weeks of leave. The survey is the first of a state-representative sample of fathers.

Older home care clients perceive themselves as capable individuals who can cope despite having daily needs for help and assistance, but this is something social and health care professionals do not always recognize, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The study examined experiences of agency among older home care clients. Maintaining agency in daily life supports older individuals’ well-being and meaningful life at home.

More than 460 laid-off employees at the nation’s top public health agency received notices Wednesday that they are being reinstated, according to a union representing the workers.

When you swallow a vitamin or eat a meal, the nutrients you’ve ingested flow into your stomach, break down, and enter your bloodstream. But what happens next? How do nutrients move from your arteries into the cells where they actually do their jobs? What determines whether some nutrients go to the brain, while others power your immune system instead?

The future of pediatric nursing could see digital technology play a larger role in delivering safer and more personalized care for children.

A University of Alberta research team has identified a key protein involved in the normal growth of mammary glands during puberty that misfires in some breast cancers, and is now searching for drugs to reverse the problem.

After decades of stalled national progress in reducing the rate of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), a category of infant mortality that includes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), researchers at Rutgers Health have proposed an unexpected solution: Caffeine might protect babies by preventing dangerous drops in oxygen that may trigger deaths.