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Researchers examined millions of NHS health records to investigate how ethnicity relates to rare disease prevalence and why recorded COVID-19 infections differ between communities. Study: Prevalence of 406 rare diseases by ethnicity and recorded COVID-19 infection rates among 62.5 million people in England. Image Credit: vetre / Shutterstock

From full-fat milk to probiotic yogurt and whey protein, researchers examine whether what we consume, how it is prepared, and when we eat it could influence blood sugar regulation. The Role of Milk and Dairy Products in Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes: A Narrative Review of Randomized Trials. Image Credit: Madeleine Steinbach / Shutterstock

From Libby Sallnow and Richard Smith, Co-chairs of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death, London, UK

Could the foods teenagers eat and the drinks they choose offer clues to their mental health? Researchers followed thousands of Australian students over three years to investigate the connection. Study: Longitudinal associations between dietary intake and common mental disorders among adolescents in Australia. Image Credit: Pixel-Shot / Shutterstock

48 minutes agoEmily HoltMonica ThomasMonica is the founder of charity Women's Health Hope This report contains detailed descriptions of medical symptoms. Monica Thomas was in her teens when she started experiencing intimate itching and soreness, but despite numerous trips to the doctors it was dismissed as thrush. Her symptoms got worse, with sores and blisters leaving her in constant pain. "I was bed bound for quite a long time because I couldn't walk," she says. Monica says she was examined 28 times in six months before being offered a biopsy. She says "we don't really talk about" gynaecological health as a society so there is a taboo around speaking about symptoms. "Even when we go to the doctors, for me, the embarrassment of having to get undressed...with these doctors looking it is embarrassing," she says. "But equally when you're in pain or it's itching and you've got discomfort, living with it is just as bad. "The 34-year-old from Suffolk was eventually diagnosed with a condition called lichen sclerosus.