Some of the most vulnerable children and young people are failing to get access to mental health support despite much higher levels of need, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Despite children and young people on child protection plans or in care being significantly more likely to have serious mental health issues, less than one in five of these individuals had contact with mental health services in a given year.

Structured exercise may help people with cancer live longer and have more time free of disease, finds a synthesis of the available evidence, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Exposure to air pollutants, especially small particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), may heighten the risk of death by suicide and suicidal thoughts, suggests a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

Eating four to six servings of wholegrain each day reduces several major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published in the European Heart Journal. The study is a systematic review and meta-analysis, meaning it brings together the results of all existing research in this area.

A study by DZNE finds that healthy eating is associated with slower biological aging—and that there is more than one way to eat healthily. The researchers examined ten dietary patterns considered healthy, including the Mediterranean, Nordic, and a plant-based diet, as well as the DASH diet, which is designed to help lower blood pressure. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications. 

As artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots become more popular and more human-like in the way they communicate, users are increasingly turning to them as trusted sources of information on topics ranging from personal finance to health. That may be problematic, according to Penn State researchers, who found in a recent study that the more conversational an AI chatbot is, the more likely users will trust it — even when it shares misinformation. The team said verification options may help rebuild needed skepticism.

With an R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, George Mason University researcher Tyler Mason aims to inform new approaches to eating disorder prevention.

Preventing diabetes by making healthy living tools easily accessible for adolescents is the goal of a new American Diabetes Association (ADA) grant awarded to an investigator at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo.