Hundreds of international experts in gambling addiction are urging a more coordinated approach to enhance interventions and therapies, while aligning research priorities to tackle the escalating problem.   

 

Gambling is now a legal activity in 80% of countries and has expanded considerably in the past decade.  While a very small minority of people who gamble meet the diagnostic criteria of a gambling disorder, the wider harms from gambling include financial, emotional, relationship and other harms, decreased work performance, and criminality.

A University of Missouri researcher has unveiled a safer, smarter way to fight drug-resistant infections.

A research team led by Professor Hyunji Lee of the Department of Convergence Medicine at Korea University College of Medicine (co-first authors: PhD candidates Sanghun Kim, Ji Eun Kim, and Sungjin Ju; co-corresponding author: Professor Hyunji Lee) has successfully demonstrated the world’s first gene-editing treatment for Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON). The study was conducted in collaboration with Seoul National University College of Veterinary Medicine and Edgene Co., Ltd.

This review provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in droplet microfluidics, with a particular focus on its applications in drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and personalized medicine. The article systematically discusses droplet generation, manipulation, and detection techniques, comparing the advantages and limitations of each method.

Rapid urbanization is reshaping how people live and how societies function. By the middle of this century, nearly 70% of the global population is expected to live in cities, making urban environments one of the most important determinants of public health—particularly mental health. This challenge is the focus of a recent expert position paper co-authored by researchers affiliated with Wroclaw Medical University and developed under the umbrella of the European Psychiatric Association.

The authors highlight that city living is associated with a range of risk factors that can negatively affect mental well-being. These include chronic exposure to noise, air and light pollution, overcrowding, social inequalities, poverty, and—paradoxically—social isolation and loneliness in densely populated areas. Together, these factors may increase the risk of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and suicidal behavior.

Cambridge researchers have become the first to combine multiple image types – RGB (that mimics human vision), depth and infra-red – in a 3D camera set up to monitor premature babies in neonatal intensive care. The aim is to provide a second set of eyes for nurses through continuous visual monitoring of the babies’ behaviour.