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• Free SAD lamps given out as disorder 'makes it hard to do anything on darker days'

  Public libraries across 11 council areas in Wales are providing specialized light therapy kits to support residents experiencing winter-induced depressive symptoms. Designed by researchers in Scotland to operate independently of the general healthcare system, the initiative aims to remove traditional stigmas and barriers to seasonal mental health treatment. Providing accessible light therapy tools helps individuals mitigate the severe fatigue and mood drops triggered by diminished winter sunlight.

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• Welsh NHS bosses call for multi-year health funding

  Health service leaders warning against single-year allocations are urging ministers to overhaul spending structures ahead of upcoming legislative budget negotiations. Operating under a minority administration that consumes nearly half of Wales's total expenditure, the system risks shifting financial burdens toward emergency services without sustainable planning. Securing this budgetary shift aims to protect interconnected social care networks from destabilizing, crisis-driven costs.

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• All of Us study finds thousands of new genetic variants affecting drug responses

  A study of nearly 100,000 Americans has identified thousands of new genetic variants that influence how people respond to prescription medications. Drawing on data from the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us program, researchers discovered that every single participant carried at least one variant across 16 studied pharmacogenes, and one in four had used a medication influenced by these traits. Published in *Science Translational Medicine*, the research relied on a more ancestrally diverse group than past s…

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