Fertility clinics must stop unproven treatments, watchdog warns

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 The draft guidance advises against several popular fertility “add-ons”, including so-called endometrial scratches.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…

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Tuckernuck opens debut New York City store

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…

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Samantha Cameron to wind down Cefinn label

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…

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About Half of Adults with ACA Marketplace Coverage are Small Business Owners, Employees, or Self-Employed

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…

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Bansk Group acquires majority stake in skincare brand Byoma

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…

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Sweat and food stains vanish under blue light

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…

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The invisible plastic threat you can finally see

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…

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