“Researchers examined data from 11,380 Australian adults with a history of depression. They identified 2,604 participants (23%) with signs that suggested a disruption to their circadian rhythms, the ...

October 20, 2026 expert reaction to press release from the Menopause Society about testosterone therapy and cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women, about a presentation to ...

Prof Bober is Chief Technology Officer of Forecom.AI, which develops AI methods for biological imaging and clinical risk modelling, and has provided AI consultancy to life-sciences companies including ...

Scientists comment on a study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, linking GLP-1s to reduced need for acute psychiatric care for patients with schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes. Dr Jon van Niekerk, ...

Scientists comment on a US study investigating colorectal incidence and total ultra-processed food intake, as published in PLOS Medicine . Dr Rosiered Brownson-Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher, ...

The SMC’s ability to gather multiple quotes from scientists across a wide range of universities and other research institutes and put them in one place for journalists to see is pretty much unique to ...

Scientists comment on an observational study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, investigating caffeine consumption in adolescents, sleep and brain structure.

Journalists came to the SMC to hear from the authors of the Independent Review into mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism, as they presented their final report and recommendations.

This document outlines the SMC’s policy for what we do and don’t want in written comments from experts. We understand and respect that some scientists will want to campaign, to make political ...

expert reaction to US study looking at ultraprocessed food intake and body fat and visceral adipose tissue, vascular brain injury, and cognition in middle-aged adults ...

Prof Asma Khalil, Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal–Fetal Medicine, City St George’s, University of London, said: “This is a substantial study with a useful strength: it links health and school ...