A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, found that how families engage with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) during the first months after the birth of a child may influence whether they remain enrolled through their child's first year.

New research finds that men who consume higher amounts of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have significantly greater risks of prostate cancer. Analyzing nationally representative data from 17,024 U.S. men, researchers found a 29% higher risk among those in the three highest UPF-consumption groups and a 30% higher risk among those in the two highest groups. After adjusting for key factors, elevated risk remained significant, ranging from 24% to 31%.

Computed tomography (CT) is widely used in medical diagnosis and image-guided treatment, but high-density metallic objects such as dental fillings, orthopedic implants, and vascular stents can cause beam hardening and photon starvation, producing severe streak artifacts that obscure surrounding anatomy. Existing methods often restore corrupted projections through interpolation or deep neural networks, but discontinuities between estimated and measured data may introduce secondary artifacts. Supervised approaches also rely on paired metal-corrupted and metal-free images, which are difficult to obtain clinically and may generalize poorly across different metal shapes, anatomical regions, and scanning protocols.

Research examining a large philanthropic food-aid network highlights the need for better data, coordination and oversight as charities play a growing role in addressing food insecurity in high-income countries.