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1. Real risks from illusory health beliefs

   Study of 1500 people with alternative health beliefs shows relationship with rejection of science and doctors

2. Orangutan forced migration “counterproductive” say conservationists

   PLOS One study of 1,000 translocations underscores host of negative impacts on highly-endangered primates.

3. Grade Journey update: Marks-to-SIS staff training programme

   Staff training will run from April to July in preparation for the Marks-to-SIS implementation.

4. Roscoe latest: The rise and fall of human performance

   ‘The Roscoe’ returned to St George’s Hall this September with Professor Greg Whyte, delivering the lecture on ‘The rise and fall of human performance’ to hundreds of attendees.

5. Time to be inventive on woodland climate threat - researcher

   Natural England expert Sarah Dalrymple welcomes assisted migration of trees

6. New link between HRT and Alzheimer's

   Study calls into question National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) support for HRT in managing menopausal symptoms

7. Alcohol deaths in the UK rose to record level in 2021

   Harry Sumnall, Professor of Substance Abuse, LJMU and Ian Hamilton, Honorary Fellow, University of York write in The Conversation

8. Drinking too little puts body under extra stress

   Study published today by LJMU physiologists find drinking less than 1.5 litres a day increases stress responses by 50%

9. Information and guidance regarding scabies

   Communal living arrangements such as university residences can make students more at risk of contracting scabies. Find out what the symptoms are and guidance of what to do next.

10. PFAS: you can’t smell, see or taste these chemicals, but they are everywhere – and they’re highly toxic to humans

    Dr Patrick Byrne, Reader in Hydrology and Environmental Pollution, writes in The Conversation on the growing dangers of 'forever chemicals' - PFAs - in our water resources.