Smitha MundasadHealth reporter Getty Images Both NHS and private fertility clinics must stop offering unproven treatments that don’t help people have children, new official guidelines say. The draft guidance advises against several popular fertility “add-ons”, including so-called endometrial scratches. These add-ons can “give false hope and put people through unnecessary procedures at an already difficult…
Published September 10, 2025 American lifestyle brand Tuckernuck has opened its first-ever store in New York City, taking the heritage brand’s store footprint to two locations in the U.S. Inside the Tuckernuck store in New York City – Courtesy Located at 1121 Madison Avenue, the new Tuckernuck New York City store is inspired by the traditional specialty store…
Published September 10, 2025 Samantha Cameron’s Cefinn label is to be wound down with the former Smythson creative director (who’s also married to ex-Prime Minister David Cameron), facing cost pressures, international trading issues and the tough wholesale market. Cefinn The current autumn collection will continue to be sold and the winter collection will launch later…
The enhanced premium tax credits, created under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and later extended through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), have reduced premiums for millions of Marketplace enrollees. They have also contributed substantially to Marketplace enrollment more than doubling to 24.3 million people in 2025. Currently, over nine in 10 enrollees (92%) receive…
Published September 10, 2025 Bansk Group announced on Wednesday it has acquired a majority stake in affordable skincare brand Byoma. Byoma The New York-based consumer brands private investment firm acquired the Byoma stake from Yellow Wood Partners, a fellow private equity firm focused on consumer brands. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Scottish skincare…
In a landmark study of Hispanic and Latino adults, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a link between self-reported cognitive decline and blood-based biomarkers, which could pave the way for a simple blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. This approach could be faster, less-invasive and…
A healthy diet can slow down the accumulation of chronic diseases in older adults, while inflammatory diets accelerate it. This is shown by a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in Nature Aging. Researchers have investigated how four different diets affect the accumulation of chronic diseases in older adults. Three of the diets studied were…
In 2020, haunting images of corroded metal barrels in the deep ocean off Los Angeles leapt into the public consciousness. Initially linked to the toxic pesticide DDT, some barrels were encircled by ghostly halos in the sediment. It was unclear whether the barrels contained DDT waste, leaving the barrels’ contents and the eerie halos unexplained….
Sweat and food stains can ruin your favorite clothes. But bleaching agents such as hydrogen peroxide or dry-cleaning solvents that remove stains aren’t options for all fabrics, especially delicate ones. Now, researchers in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering report a simple way to remove yellow stains using a high-intensity blue LED light. They demonstrate the…
A joint team from the University of Stuttgart in Germany and the University of Melbourne in Australia has developed a new method for the straightforward analysis of tiny nanoplastic particles in environmental samples. One needs only an ordinary optical microscope and a newly developed test strip — the optical sieve. The research results have now…
