Grape and raisin toxicity - Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Among cancer patients, the high financial cost of cancer care is a prevalent problem. This financial burden is also associated with potentially harmful behavioral strategies that patients might use to cope with costs, such as delaying or forgoing treatment and skipping medications. Collectively, researchers refer to this impact as financial toxicity.

October 14, 2026 at 2:50p.m. EDTFORT ST. JOHN, B. C. - Preliminary figures from the BC Coroners Service show unregulated drug toxicity deaths increased in August, with 126 deaths recorded across British Columbia compared to 113 in July. The latest reporting found an average of 4.1 deaths per day in August, up from 3.6 deaths per day in July. The report also found Northern Health continues to have the highest rate of unregulated drug toxicity deaths in the province in 2026, at 43 deaths per 100,000 people. In July, 5 people died in the Northern Health region due to overdose. In September, that number climbed to 13. Island Health recorded the second-highest rate at 34 deaths per 100,000 people. Across July and August, 239 people died in B. C. from unregulated drug toxicity. Of those, 188 were male and 51 were female. Men account for 76 per cent of all unregulated drug deaths reported so far this year. People between the ages of 30 and 59 continue to be the most affected group, accounting for 69 per cent of drug toxicity deaths in B. C. during 2026.

One of the macaques at a Texas sanctuary, where researchers ran tests to see if the monkeys became germaphobes after experiencing a viral outbreak. In the very early days of COVID-19, millions who'd rarely thought twice about germ avoidance became germophobes. Some folks wiped down groceries before stuffing them into the refrigerator. Others let mail quarantine outside for days lest it harbor stray viruses. With the hindsight that SARS-CoV-2 spread primarily through the air, these sorts of precautions seem extreme. But in the moment, they were perhaps reasonable ways of avoiding an unknown pathogen. Around this same time, a different virus hit a macaque sanctuary in Texas. New research suggests the monkeys responded in similar ways as humans did to COVID-19 — by being extra germophobic.

Children who eat more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) show stronger responses in the brain's reward network when viewing images of appetizing foods-and these brain responses are linked to increases in body fat one year later. The findings, just published in JAMA Network Open, suggest that the brain may become more sensitive to food cues when children consume more UPFs. UPFs are manufactured food products-such as breakfast cereals, packaged bread and instant soups-that are designed to be highly palatable, convenient and shelf-stable. They often contain artificial sweeteners, colors and other ingredients that people do not typically use when cooking at home. On average, U. S. children get about 67% of their daily calories from UPFs.

Hiroshima University researchers investigated the effects of hydrogen supplementation on sleep quality in healthy human volunteers. While hydrogen supplementation had no significant effect compared to a placebo, individuals in the hydrogen-supplementation group reporting better sleep quality were discovered to have a lower abundance of hydrogen producing bacteria in their gut microbiome. A Hiroshima University-led randomized, double-blind clinical trial found that hydrogen supplementation did not significantly improve sleep quality compared to a placebo; however, exploratory analyses suggest that differences in the abundance of hydrogen-producing gut bacteria may be associated with individual differences in sleep-related responses.