<p>There's been major buzz in recent years over ultra-processed foods and whether they may be harmful to our health. A new study out of Canada has measured what toddlers eat and how much of it is ultra-processed - and then followed up two years later to examine the behavioural outcomes of those same children.</p><p>New findings on 'silent' women's health issues and where women would like the focus of healthcare research and spending to be - what the authors are saying is a call to go 'beyond the bikini line.'</p><p>It takes days for the results of an STI test to come back, and that can cause all sorts of problems. A new 'point-of-care' test aims to shave that testing window down to less than an hour, with implications for sexual health treatment in regional and remote areas.</p><p>Plus, sex differences after a diagnosis of cancer - men and women appear to follow separate trajectories, especially when it comes to their risk of death and adverse outcomes.</p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2846155">Psilocybin or Nicotine Patch for Smoking Cessation</a></li><li><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jnci/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jnci/djag046/8487769">Sex-based prognosis in industry-sponsored advanced solid tumour trials: an individual participant data meta-analysis of survival and adverse events</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/healthreport/dog-owner-ai-cancer-treatment/105462166">Thanks to AI, Paul can see the culprit of his dog's cancer</a></li><li><a href="https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/meet-the-man-who-designed-a-cancer-vaccine-for-his-dog">Meet the man who designed a cancer vaccine for his dog</a></li><li><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2845768">Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Behavioral Outcomes in Canadian Children</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-026-01473-1">Multilevel predictors of ultra-processed food intake in Canadian preschoolers</a></li><li><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-025-04236-7">‘Women deserve better’: a national mixed-methods exploration of the ‘silent’ health conditions and social issues affecting women and girls in Australia</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(25)00217-4/fulltext">CRISPR-Cas-based diagnostics for point-of-care detection of sexually transmitted infections: a laboratory development and evaluation study</a></li></ul>