HUGE TOLL OF EXTREME PREGNANCY NAUSEA – NEW STUDY journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… PROFOUND #EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL TOLL OF EXTREME MORNING SICKNESS 50% AFFECTED #WOMEN REPORT THEY CONSIDERED TERMINATING THE #PREGNANCY 90% THOUGHT ABOUT NOT HAVING MORE CHILDREN news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/09/0…

UK HIGH STREET SLOT MACHINE #SHOPS PAY STAFF BONUSES LINKED TO HOW MUCH GAMBLERS LOSE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE SLOT MACHINES 1,451 “ADULT #GAMING CENTRES” MOST OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY SPREAD THROUGH UK IN RECENT YEARS CONCENTRATED IN MOST ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED AREAS theguardian.com/society/2025/o…

52% ON #weightloss DRUGS QUIT WITHIN ONE YEAR NEW ANALYSIS MORE LIKELY QUIT MALE POORER YOUNGER CHRONIC #HEALTH ISSUES 18% STOPPED WITHIN 3 MONTHS 31% STOPPED WITHIN 6 MONTHS 42% QUIT AFTER 9 MONTHS UNDER AGE 30 48% MORE LIKELY TO STOP WITHIN FIRST YEAR euronews.com/health/2025/09…

NOT #DRINKING ENOUGH #WATER LINK #STRESS–RELATED ISSUES – NEW STUDY journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11… RISK METABOLIC, RENAL CARDIOVASCULAR #DISEASE DRINKING LESS THAN 1.5 LITRES PER DAY 50% HIGHER CORTISOL RESPONSE TO STRESS READ THIS NOW simplelivingglobal.com/drinking-water/ ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/…

UK MIDDLE–CLASS SHOPLIFTERS ON THE RISE DISTURBING #TREND RETAIL CRIME £2.2 BILLION CRIME ADDED COSTS ON RETAILERS FROM #SHOPLIFTING NOT STEALING OUT OF NECESSITY HAVE PROFESSIONAL JOBS HIGH–END ITEMS SIMPLY FOR THRILL 22% RISE SHOPLIFTING OFFENCES 2025 dailyfriend.co.za/2025/10/11/mid…

PREGNANCY–RELATED CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS ON THE RISE – NEW STUDY ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… PREVALENCE OF PRE–EXISTING CARDIOMETABOLIC COMORBIDITIES, CVD AND RATES OF PREGNANCY–RELATED CV COMPLICATIONS ARE HIGH AND TRENDING UPWARDS FOR PAST FEW DECADES tctmd.com/news/pregnancy…

ULTRA–PROCESSED #FOOD #ADDICTION AMONG OLDER ADULTS – NEW STUDY onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad… ESPECIALLY GEN X WOMEN MORE LIKELY REPORT BEING OVERWEIGHT OR FAIR OR POOR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH 21% WOMEN AGE 50s AND EARLY 60s MEET CRITERIA FOR FOOD ADDICTION ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/ne…

RISK LIVER #DISEASE INCREASED BY #DRINKING ONE CAN OF FIZZY DRINK PER DAY – NEW STUDY 50% MORE AT RISK DEVELOPING METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION–ASSOCIATED STEATOTIC LIVER DISEASE (MASLD) KNOWN AS NON–ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE LINK OVERWEIGHT TYPE 2 #DIABETES diabetes.co.uk/news/2025/oct/…

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS WORSE THAN DOCTORS NURSES AT PRIORITISING EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS – NEW STUDY RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF AI IN MEDICAL REALM –HEALTH WORKERS SHOULD NOT OUTSOURCE DECISIONS ABOUT CARE OF EMERGENCY PATIENTS WHOSE LIVES MAY BE AT RISK euronews.com/health/2025/10…

#DENMARK TO INTRODUCE A BAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE 15 ALMOST ALL 7th GRADE AGE 13 OR 14 OWN A CELLPHONE “MOBILE PHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA ARE STEALING OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDHOOD WE HAVE UNLEASHED A MONSTER” PM TELL DANISH LAWMAKERS politico.eu/article/denmar…

ENGLAND AND WALES CHILDREN TAKEN A&E LACK OF SPECIALIST SUITES DETAINED UNDER MENTAL HEALTH ACT POLICE CONTROL LEGALLY CAN WAIT UP TO 24 HOURS UNTIL ASSESSED FOLLOW UP RESEARCH 83% DETAINED CHILDREN WENT A&E 18.5 HOURS AVERAGE SPENT UNDER POLICE CONTROL ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/…

UK GOVERNMENT DROP HEALTHY EATING PLANS AFTER LOBBYING BY ULTRA–PROCESSED FIRMS £112 BILLION COMBINED TURNOVER LOBBYING BY THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ULTRA–PROCESSED FOOD FIRMS REPEATEDLY DEMANDED GOVERNMENT TO DROP PLANS MINIMALLY PROCESSED FOOD GAME CHANGING theguardian.com/society/ng-int…

PROTEIN POWDERS SHAKES CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS LEAD – NEW REPORT 66% CONTAIN MORE LEAD SINGLE SERVING THAN EXPERTS SAY IS SAFE MULTI BILLION DOLLAR WELLNESS CRAZE DRIVING SALES SPAWNING NEW CROP #PROTEIN–FORTIFIED FOODS SATURATE SUPERMARKET AND SOCIAL MEDIA consumerreports.org/lead/protein-p…

FENTANYL–STIMULANT OVERDOSE DEATHS SURGE FROM 2015 to 2023 OVERDOSE DEATHS AMONG AGE 65 AND OVER 9,000% INCREASE #FENTANYL–RELATED DEATHS 1,470% INCREASE SURPASSED ALCOHOL HEROIN BENZODIAZEPINES MORTALITY TRENDS NOW MIRROR THOSE OF YOUNGER POPULATIONS consultant360.com/conference-cov…

RACISM SEXISM ALARMINGLY NORMALISED NHS – NEW REPORT bmj.com/content/390/bm… DISCRIMINATION REMAINS RIFE EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE OF BIAS AND MIS–TREATMENT £31–£33 BILLION HEALTH INEQUALITIES PRODUCTIVITY LOSS £20–£32 BILLION INCREASED WELFARE PAYMENTS bmjgroup.com/racism-and-sex…

WIDESPREAD AND INCREASING RESISTANCE TO COMMON ANTIBIOTICS #WORLDWIDE – NEW REPORT World Health Organization (WHO) who.int/news/item/13-1… 104 COUNTRIES DATA 23 MILLION BACTERIAL INFECTIONS ANALYSIS 2018–2023 40% RISE SOUTH–EAST ASIAN & EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 1 IN 3 DRUG–RESISTANT cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-…

#EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS 9/11 WORLD #TRADE CENTRE 3–FOLD HIGHER RISK LUNG CANCER – NEW STUDY jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… HIGHER AMONG THOSE WITH GREATER EXPOSURE SEVERITY DUST FUMES FROM BURNING #TOXIC MATERIALS AND SEWAGE ODOURS PRIMARY TYPE OF EXPOSURES news.stonybrook.edu/newsroom/press…

LONELINESS OR SOCIAL ISOLATION LINK LOWER ODDS CANCER SURVIVAL – NEW STUDY bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/e0… LONELINESS ASSOCIATED 34% HIGHER RISK OF DEATH FROM ANY CAUSE 11% INCREASED RISK DEATH FROM CANCER ITSELF HALF PATIENTS WITH CANCER AFFECTED BY LONELINESS drugs.com/news/lonelines…

26% OF UK UNIVERSITY PHYSICS DEPARTMENTS AT RISK OF CLOSING 4 OUT OF 5 DEPARTMENTS MAKING STAFF CUTS 60% EXPECT COURSES TO BE REDUCED EROSION IN VALUE OF DOMESTIC TUITION FEES AND FALLING NUMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BEHIND THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES theguardian.com/education/2025…

U.S. DRAMATIC INCREASE ADULTS WHO MEET NEW DEFINITION OF #OBESITY – NEW STUDY jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… 20% INCREASE IN PREVALENCE OF OBESITY UNDER NEW CLASSIFICATION 70% ADULT POPULATION NOW CONSIDERED HAVE EXCESS FAT 80% ADULTS AGE 70+ IMPACT BY OBESITY boston.com/news/health/20…