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Overuse of antibiotics: True toll of UK deaths

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Hippocratic Post

Resistant E. coli and Salmonella associated with antibiotic use in factory farms in 2022 caused almost 2000 human deaths and could rise to over 2,400 a year by 2050 according to World Animal Protection UK’s new report ‘Is Factory Farming Killing us’. The research – undertaken by University of Bologna Department of Agricultural and Food […]

The cost of lung disease

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Dr Penny Woods

Lung disease affects millions of people in the UK every year, but it doesn’t just cost individuals and the families in terms of loss of health and quality of life. Respiratory health, which lags behind other health issues in terms of research, funding and patient outcomes, is also taking a huge financial toll on our health service, businesses, […]