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With hot weather affecting the South West, we’re asking the public to check-in on neighbours, friends and family – especially those who may be more vulnerable or isolated – to make sure they are safe and well. A red heat-health alert has been issued for the South West by the UK Health Security Agency from 1am on Wednesday 24 June to 11pm on Thursday 25 June.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has extended the current amber heat-health alert (HHA) for the East Midlands, West Midlands, South East, South West, London and East of England until 10am on Saturday 15 August. All other regions in England remain under an amber alert until 9pm today, Friday 14 August. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has escalated the heat-health alert (HHA) for the North East from yellow to amber, effective from 9am on Tuesday 11 August until 9pm on Friday 14 August. The existing amber alerts in other regions remain unchanged.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) can confirm that all remaining individuals have now left Arrowe Park. All passengers from the MV Hondius who subsequently returned to the UK have now completed their self-isolation periods.

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.