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Health inequalities data for UK’s biggest cancer killer

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Health inequalities data for UK’s biggest cancer killer is ‘pitifully poor’ says new report More data on health inequalities in lung cancer, including ethnic and LGBTQ+ communities, is ‘urgently needed’, says a new report published today (3rd November 2022) by the UK Lung Cancer Coalition (UKLCC).1 “While we welcome initiatives such as the establishment of the […]

Diabetes almost doubles risk of death from Covid

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Diabetes almost doubles risk of death from Covid: People with diabetes were almost twice as likely to die with Covid and almost three times as likely to be critically or severely ill compared to those without diabetes. However, the study conducted by researchers from the University of Aberdeen which reviewed data from hundreds of thousands […]