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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Aug-2025 01:11 ET (7-Aug-2025 05:11 GMT/UTC)

Non-inherited genes affect children’s development

University College London
Reports and Proceedings

Parents’ genes – even when not directly inherited by a child – may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report by UCL researchers.

The Lancet: Nearly half of sexual abuse first happens at age 15 or younger

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nearly one out of five women and one out of seven men aged 20 and older globally faced sexual violence as a child, according to a study published in The Lancet today. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle conducted the analysis using the newest Global Burden of Disease research. This is the most comprehensive investigation of the prevalence of sexual violence against children (SVAC) covering 204 locations by ages and sex from 1990 to 2023, while accounting for when people were first exposed to such violence.

Journal: The Lancet
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

GP-led talking therapy eases PTSD symptoms after critical illness

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A brief spell of talking therapy with a general practitioner reduces symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for survivors of critical illness, finds a trial from Germany published by The BMJ today.

Journal: The BMJ
Funder: German Research Foundation

Addressing youth mental health crisis: YMCA Dallas and health experts introduce vital new program

Center for BrainHealth
Business Announcement

The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas in partnership with Grant Halliburton Foundation, Metrocare, Momentous Institute and Center for BrainHealth, have developed the “YES YOU CAN!” pilot program set to launch in June 2025. Made possible in part through support from Lyda Hill Philanthropies, the Hersh Foundation/Ken Hersh and Regen Horchow, and The Bette Rathjen Foundation for Emotional Health, this initiative is specifically designed to reinforce the concept of brain plasticity, the brain's ability to change and adapt. The program will also focus on refining existing training, platforms and interventions from partner organizations in a cohesive approach to support comprehensive care to children, teens, parents and counselors at select Y summer programs.

Five insights about birds in San Francisco’s community gardens

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Plus how community gardens provide access to nature across neighborhoods

Journal: Landscape and Urban Planning

Enhanced CAR T cell therapy offers new strategy for lymphoma

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A phase I study of a next-generation CAR T cell therapy showed a 52 percent complete remission rate for patients with relapsed/refractory lymphoma. The findings, led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Journal: New England Journal of Medicine

Eating ultra processed foods may speed up early signs of Parkinson's disease

American Academy of Neurology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People who eat more ultra processed foods like cold breakfast cereal, cookies and hot dogs are more likely to have early signs of Parkinson’s disease when compared to those who eat very few ultra processed foods, according to a study published in the May 7, 2025, online in Neurology^®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study does not prove that eating more ultra processed foods causes early signs of Parkinson’s disease; it only shows an association.

Journal: Neurology