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The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the growing El Niño weather phenomenon. The average surface temperature of the planet's seas outside the polar regions hit 21.1C (70F) on Saturday, according to figures from the European Copernicus climate change service.

Two police officers were killed when a Volkswagen Passat collided with their marked car around 03:30 BST on Saturday; the five people in the other vehicle were also killed.

Nearly 90,000 people have been urged to evacuate their homes as a large wildfire approaches Reno, Nevada

US President Donald Trump is threatening to impose new tariffs on Canadian vehicles on 1 January.

Andy Burnham has promised to keep up the pressure on Russia despite Moscow's "outrageous threats", on his first official visit to Ukraine as UK prime minister.

Here are a number of authoritative sites with a non-mainstream take on health news:

The Alliance for Natural Health. The importance of the gut microbiome to our health is reinforced by a new review, published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, which explores the emerging gut–heart axis. It highlights how changes in our intestinal microbes and gut barrier may influence inflammation, metabolism and ultimately the development and progression of heart failure. It adds to mounting evidence that the gut isn’t an isolated digestive organ, but part of a complex biological network influencing health throughout the body.

Dr Sircus - Perfect Medicines Are All Nutritional This idea is older than medicine itself – and more revolutionary than almost anything now moving through the pharmaceutical pipeline. Medicine’s true central purpose is clear: remove what obstructs healing and supply what healing requires. The most perfect medicines are the substances that participate naturally in this work – the nutrients, minerals, gases, water, energy substrates, and biological materials from which life is constructed. Perfect medicine does not overpower the body. It gives the body its power back.

GreenMedInfo.com reports that “They Ran Nattokinase Against a Statin. The Enzyme Won.” A landmark randomized trial put a fermented-soybean enzyme head-to-head with simvastatin -- and on the one measure that predicts heart attacks and strokes, the pennies-a-day enzyme shrank plaque more than three times as much as the drug. Last year I wrote about the 1,062-patient nattokinase study that showed a fermented-soybean enzyme reversing arterial plaque -– but only at a high enough dose. Readers asked the obvious question: fine, but how does it stack up against the drug my cardiologist actually prescribes? It turns out someone ran exactly that experiment. And almost nobody in the West has heard about it, because it was published in Chinese.  Ren et al., National Medical Journal of China, 2017; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28763875/

Dr John Mercola reports that a study of more than 450,000 adults found that every additional 30 grams of processed meat consumed daily was associated with a 9% higher risk of gastric cancer and a 13% higher risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma.

Positive Health PH Online September 2026 Issue 313  publishes a wide range of articles investigating a broad array of clinical treatment approaches encompassing Mind / Body / Spirit including Editorial Features,  Letters to the Editor,  Research Updates and Short Features and Brief Takes

The following editorial features in  Issue 313  discuss Mind/Body aspects of our health and attitudes

Could One Therapy Session Be Enough?

Letter from My Bed

Psychosocial Risk, a Workplace Crisis

Yogic Perspective on Depression, Emotional Congestion and Healing

The following features discuss nutritional, biochemical and genetic interactions of our health and wellbeing:

Hydration When Ageing: A Key Factor for Health & Maintaining Appetite

Why You're Probably Not Eating Enough Fibre - And How to Fix It

7 Natural Supplements for Stress Support

The following articles discuss bodywork and mind/body aspects of  treatments

Dermal Absorption of Essential Oils

Yoga for Arthritis

Letters to the Editor Issue 313 include: Feeling Tired in the Heat? Nutritionist Shares Hydration Habits that could be Draining your Energy; Multiple Sclerosis Impacts Daily Life Far Beyond Its Physical Symptoms, New Study Finds; Where You Live May Influence Sperm Quality; Hearing Aid Use Linked to 23% Lower Dementia Risk in People with Both Epilepsy and Hearing Loss; New Projects to Move UK Science Away From Animal Testing;

Research Updates Issue 313 include acupressure, acupuncture, ageing, antioxidants, cancer, depression, heart, herbal medicine, meditation

I completely recommend PH Online September 2026  Issue 313 for your enjoyment, enrichment, educational and academic pursuits.