Chronic stress from people’s everyday lives may be causing lasting structural changes to the heart, harming health and reducing life expectancy.

A research team from South Korea has revealed the specific mechanisms behind the onset of psoriasis by combining large-scale genomic data from more than 1.1 million people with advanced single-cell analysis technology. The team also identified a number of genes that are potential targets for new treatments.

The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) has published its first evidence-based clinical practice guideline, focussing on the assessment and management of diabetes distress in adults with type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes in Diabetologia.

A dairy-free frozen dessert has been recalled for the second time in nine months for the same reason: Cashew pieces that may contain small stones.

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital admissions by a third and heart attack risk by more than a quarter, as well as remaining beneficial in the long term, a new Cochrane review finds. The evidence also suggests that newer home-based and digitally supported cardiac rehabilitation programs can be just as effective as traditional center-based services. The work is published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.