Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, obesity, Alzheimer’s and coronary disease accounted for the single-largest burden on the public purse in the UK – an estimated £148bn per annum – according to an eminent nutritionist from the University of Cambridge who gave the keynote at a debate on farming, food and health at Queen’s University […]
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Children from the most income deprived areas experienced similar exposure to tobacco retailing in one day as children from the least deprived areas experienced in one week. This was the finding of new collaborative research between the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, which was published today in the journal Tobacco Control. The researchers used GPS-trackers […]
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Dr Nick Hopkinson – medical director at the British Lung Foundation This Love your lungs week (17-23 June) the British Lung Foundation (BLF) wants to raise awareness of the many people in the UK living with an undiagnosed lung condition and to encourage anyone worried about their breathlessness to take the BLF online Breath Test. […]
Opioid analgesics were associated with a 30% increase in the risk of pneumonia in persons with Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The risk was most pronounced in the first two months of use. This is the first study to investigate the association between opioids and pneumonia in this […]
Living in a warzone is linked with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke among civilians, even years after the conflict ends, a study has found. The findings come from the first systematic review of the effects of armed conflict on heart disease risk, carried out by researchers at Imperial College London and the […]
29 May 2019 – Chipping Norton, UK – World Heart Rhythm Week, the brainchild of Arrhythmia Alliance, is highlighting the importance of knowing your heart rhythm. Arrhythmia (irregular heart rhythm disorder) is the number one killer in the UK and causes up to 100,000 sudden cardiac deaths each year killing more people than breast cancer, […]
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With over 20% of the population in industrial countries engaging shift work – in sectors such as healthcare and transportation – we urgently need to understand its health burden . Many studies have shown that shift work is associated with heart and metabolic diseases, but new research in Experimental Physiology has clarified how shift work […]
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WHO estimates that in 2010 there were 285 million people visually impaired, of which 39 million were blind This new research will enable the creation of new, better, treatments against a number of sight-threatening diseases The team’s research may also help to devise new strategies to mend hearts after a heart attack. Researchers from Queen’s University […]
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Smoking is one of the hardest addictions to quit. For many people, it takes lots of tries to stop smoking for good. Some who are trying to quit smoking turn to alternatives including vaping, and these products are helping lots of ex-smokers stay off tobacco. Vaping is 95 per cent less harmful than smoking cigarettes, […]
I am, in my bones, a law-abiding sort of chap. I was brought up to respect the law and in turn have done the same with my children. I have also spent much of my medical career doing my best to help smokers quit their habit using all the methods available to me. You might […]