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Researchers followed children through a critical period of early development to investigate whether a simple maternal health behavior before pregnancy was linked to how they later navigated social and behavioral challenges. Association between preconception folic acid intake and behavioural problems in children aged 2–8 years: a prospective cohort study. Image Credit: Taras Grebinets / Shutterstock A prospective study published in the European Journal of Nutrition found that maternal preconception folic acid supplementation was associated with a lower risk of problematic peer relationships in offspring, but no association was reported for the other major behavioral difficulties assessed. The fully adjusted analysis…

Keith and Sue Andrews first met when they were 15, and they’ve been married for 57 years.Sue’s condition has deteriorated so much that she now lives in a home. Keith says they had to wait almost a year for a diagnosis, which was difficult.He says life became more maneagable, once they knew for sure. “I won’t say it’s easy, but you know where you’re going, and you know where you’re heading and you feel a lot more confident in what you’re doing. “Because you know you’re doing the right thing, but before that diagnosis, you don’t know if you’re doing…

More than 300,000 cystoscopies are performed in the UK each year and there are significant waiting lists in some areas.While the urine test is not a replacement for cystoscopies, it could help doctors identify patients at greater risk who should be prioritised for urgent ones rather than wait.This NHS trial found that the Galeas urine test identified 92% of bladder cancer cases.A negative result meant there was more than a 99% chance that the patient did not have bladder cancer.It checks for any genetic material shed into the urine by bladder cancer and was originally developed by the University of…

Available for over a yearIn 2018, Becky Green gave birth to twins, born eight weeks early. Both boys developed sepsis, and only one survived. Eight years on, Becky takes us on a personal journey through the global fight against a condition that, according to the World Health Organization, is implicated in one in five deaths worldwide – more than bowel, prostate and lung cancer combined. Sepsis can begin as a simple infection and escalate within hours, overwhelming the body and causing organ failure. It is a race against time that too often goes unrecognised until it is too late. But…

TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The East Texas Food Bank (ETFB) is hosting their third annual peanut butter competition between Longview and Tyler to raise funds and awareness for Hunger Action Month.”Each city will collect jars of peanut butter for the East Texas Food Bank’s pantry partners,” David Emerson, CEO of the East Texas Food Bank, said. “Peanut Butter is nutritious, kid-friendly, and high in protein and a food item that most East Texans keep in stock. We hope residents of both cities participate to help us fill the shelves of our pantry partners in Longview and Tyler.” Henderson police seek 67-year-old…

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Myles Turner, the Bedford native and NBA star (right), presents a $1 million donation check to Tammy Johnson, founder and executive director of Empowering the Masses, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.Abraham Nudelstejer/The Dallas Morning NewsThe shelves at Empowering the Masses’ food pantry on Samuell Boulevard in South Dallas are lined with the things families need but cannot always afford: fresh produce, pantry staples and the ingredients that can turn into dinner at home.On Tuesday, families moved through the pantry choosing what they would take home. They were not handed a preassembled box. They were allowed to choose what they needed and wanted.That distinction…

Tomlinson said: “It’s a postcode lottery and very dependent on the practice and the clinician, but you can hit barriers along the way.”It’s really difficult when you might know somebody else who’s going through exactly the same thing and has sailed through the process and might not have gone into secondary care.”There is no consistency across the board unfortunately.”Olver runs the menopause clinic at Aneurin Bevan’s health board and said “we have definitely seen a very sharp increase in testosterone referrals from primary care – for women wanting to access it”.”It is difficult to meet demand and we have a…

RCPCH officer for mental health Dr Sam Jones said there was a lack of wider mental health care and, in particular, crisis support available in many parts of the country that meant these vulnerable children and young people were not getting the help they needed.”Behind every one of these figures is a child or young person in distress and a family who didn’t know where lese to turn.”Emergency departments are a vital safety net, but they were never designed to be a place where children in mental health crisis wait for days at time.”This is a national crisis that will…

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