The use of GLP-1 medications commonly prescribed for weight loss or managing diabetes may have effects that extend beyond metabolic health, including on behaviors linked to violence, according to Rutgers researchers.

Their study, published in Criminology, examined whether the use of GLP-1 receptor agonist medications, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, influences violent criminal behavior among adults by moderating the effects of impulsivity and alcohol intake.

An analysis published in The Journal of Rural Health found that among US Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI), rural Veterans were somewhat more likely to have co-occurring mental health conditions than urban Veterans but were less likely to receive SMI care.

Yo-yo dieters who struggle to lose weight and keep it off may achieve better results by following an intermittent fasting diet, rather than traditional calorie counting.An Adelaide University study focusing on the psychological aspects of both intermittent fasting and calorie restriction, compared the effects both diets had on eating behaviours, mood, sleep and quality of life.

As neuroscience strives for generalizability and equity, understanding human brain diversity across populations is crucial. To uncover how ethnicity/race-related differences in the brain functional connectome arise without falling into biological essentialism, Prof. Tianyi Yan and Prof. Guoyuan Yang’s team from the Beijing Institute of Technology recently published a study in Research. Using multimodal and behavioral data from the Human Connectome Project (HCP), they constructed a multi-layered framework to systematically reveal the driving mechanisms behind this population diversity.

New research shows that smell loss can affect quality of life as severely as conditions including diabetes, stroke, Parkinson’s and kidney failure. For millions of people, the ability to smell a morning coffee or taste a home‑cooked meal is something they barely think about. But the new study shows that when those senses disappear, life can quickly become bleak - with patients reporting levels of misery comparable to some of the most serious chronic illnesses. The findings challenge the widespread belief that losing smell or taste is merely an inconvenience - and expose what experts say is a dangerous underestimation of just how debilitating these conditions can be.