Attempts to tackle to tackle childhood obesity at an early stage through offering behavioural, parent-focused interventions alone do not solve the...
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Asthma is the most common respiratory health outcome associated with vaping among young people, researchers find
Young people who vape face a heightened risk of asthma, cough and injuries as well as possibly pneumonia, bronchitis, headaches, and...
Junk food companies that use ‘kids’ idols’ to promote their products are ‘avoiding advertising regulation’
The government should ban high-profile food companies from using sport to promote the consumption of their unhealthy products to young people,...
‘Different approaches’ may be needed to support people from more deprived neighbourhoods who have had a stroke
People are more likely to die within a year of having a stroke if they live in more deprived areas, according to researchers based at the University...
‘Thoughtful efforts’ needed to prevent, diagnose, and treat relatively high rates of COPD among women
Women are about 50 per cent more likely than men to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – even if they have never smoked or smoked...
Prescribing parkrun to patients amounts to medicalising ‘a walk in the park’, says GP Margaret McCartney
General practitioners who turn parkrun into a prescription risk medicalising a ‘walk in the park’, according to a GP whose opinion article is...
CQC highlights flaws that could risk children’s futures and leave people unhappy with primary care
A woman with a history of arthritis and knee problems ended up being taken to A&E by ambulance because her GP practice was unable to respond...
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