If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. The trial of a Boston-area mother charged with murdering her three small children in 2023 is leading to calls to improve postpartum mental health care. While the prosecution paints her as a deliberate killer, Lindsay Clancy's defense team argues she was in the grips of severe postpartum psychosis, and didn't receive proper medical care. The unrelenting national attention on the Clancy trial has been difficult for people who've had postpartum psychosis, says Meghan Cliffel who experienced the disorder and is now a mental health advocate. She says many women believe that sheer luck prevented a similar disaster from happening to them. For ongoing coverage of the Lindsay Clancy trial, visit WBUR. Advocates like Cliffel say the case highlights gaps in mental health care for new mothers and the urgent need for more research and public education about a rarely discussed but severe illness. Doctors emphasize, if diagnosed correctly, it's treatable and patients can go on to live normal lives. 'In a deluded reality' Cliffel's psychosis started suddenly,...

Newswise — Harmful algal blooms are becoming more frequent and widespread as warming, eutrophication, agricultural runoff, aquaculture, and wastewater alter freshwater ecosystems. Once a bloom is visible, treatment can be costly, ineffective, or environmentally disruptive, making early warning essential. Yet many forecasting systems work at daily or weekly resolution, rely on fixed thresholds, or return only one predicted value without showing uncertainty. Deep-learning models may improve accuracy, but their decision processes often remain difficult to interpret, especially when drivers change rapidly before bloom onset. These gaps point to a need for in-depth research to develop high-frequency forecasting systems that quantify risk and explain when and why harmful algal blooms may emerge. The study was conducted by researchers from Beijing Institute of Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, and the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published (DOI: 10.1016/j.ese.2026.100733) online on July 21, 2026, in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, the work introduces BloomNet as a multi-horizon forecasting system for harmful algal blooms. The model combines historical water-quality observations with environmental information available over the forecast window, producing hourly algal-density predictions for the next 24, 48, and 72 hours together with interpretable indicators of uncertainty and...

Obesity and mental health challenges have both reached epidemic levels, posing considerable public health concerns that increasingly affect young people.1,2 Roughly half of all mental disorder cases emerge during childhood and adolescence,3 with subclinical symptoms being even more prevalent. The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease framework suggests that periods of rapid physical growth are especially sensitive to external influences and insults.4 Given that accelerated growth and substantial psychosocial changes occur during adolescence, this developmental stage may represent a critical window for the emergence and consolidation of the relationship between obesity and mental health challenges.5 Therefore, it is essential to understand if and how these associations change with age in order to clarify how the dynamic relationship between mental health and weight development evolves across adolescence. So far, this has remained poorly understood. Previous research on mental health and physical growth has primarily focused on psychological distress, such as depression or anxiety, and the risk of obesity, with substantial evidence supporting their co-occurence.6,7,8,9,10 Two meta-analyses summarizing longitudinal studies in adolescents concluded that particularly females with depressive symptoms have an elevated risk of obesity over varying follow-up periods.9,10 This finding is corroborated by another systematic review.11 Anxiety, another indicator of psychological...

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The $399 Google Pixel Watch 5 isn’t about the hardware. Sure, there’s a new satin pyrite case finish, a few new strap colors, and a Steph Curry Special Edition. Under the hood, there’s a slightly faster Qualcomm processor and an itty-bitty battery bump. There’s a $50 price hike from last year, too, because the Pixel Watch 5 isn’t immune to RAMageddon — none of us are. Otherwise, no one would blame you for looking at this watch and thinking absolutely nothing’s changed. That’s because the big updates this year are all software-based. This isn’t a huge surprise considering Google’s Fitbit Air launch in May. And after seeing some Pixel Watch 5 demos, it’s clear this year’s refresh is furthering the AI and proactive health themes that Google introduced earlier this year. Health and fitness features account for the bulk of the updates, but Gemini on the wrist gets a few key improvements. You can now use it offline for simple tasks like starting timers and launching apps. (Though I noticed in my demo it was notably slower when doing this offline.) Gemini will also be more proactive in making suggestions. One example I saw: a text asking for my availability...

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