True or false?

“It is safe to take an over-the-counter medicine to help you sleep, even if you are drunk on alcohol.”

“Driving while high on THC (cannabis) is safe.”

“Using psychedelics is safe for everyone.”

              None of those statements is true. But young men who take a passive approach to news and information—consuming whatever flows over their social media transoms—were likely to believe them in a national survey conducted by Washington State University researchers.

A current study by the German Familial Colorectal Cancer Consortium is looking at the question of which people with Lynch syndrome are at an increased risk of developing a second colorectal cancer. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the University of Leipzig have now published their findings in the journal "Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology".

About 80% of people have the fungus Candida albicans in their gut. Although most of the time it persists unnoticed for years causing no health problems, C. albicans can turn into a dangerous microbe that causes serious diseases in many organs, including the urinary tract, lungs and brain. Working with a mouse model, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and international collaborators have discovered unexpected factors that help C. albicans settle and persist in the gut. The findings expand our knowledge of the fungus-gut interactions and offer potential solutions to reduce colonization.

For generations, farmers have used natural materials such as lime, gypsum and manure to improve their soil for growing crops. Now, a team of researchers led by the University of Missouri is giving new purpose to an established material — biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from leftover plant waste — and showing how it can address challenges facing today’s cotton growers. Even though biochar has been used in various forms of agriculture for thousands of years, this study focused on how it could help cotton farmers in the delta region of the United States, often called the Mississippi Delta.

How can we address the challenges associated with the highly heterogeneous nature of bronchiectasis? This review aimed to discuss the concepts of phenotype and endotype and the recent advancements in their application to bronchiectasis. These insights will aid in navigating the challenging heterogeneity of bronchiectasis and contribute to the development of personalized treatments.