Screening can reduce deaths from colorectal cancer, but only if the people invited participate. [1] The challenge is that high uptake is hard to achieve and this seriously limits the […]
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What will it take to halve childhood obesity by 2030?
Childhood obesity directly affects children’s physical and mental health, and often persists into adult life, causing significant morbidity and mortality. In England, a third of children aged 10 to 11 […]
A new public body is necessary to effectively regulate the UK video game industry
This week the NHS has opened the country’s first specialist clinic to treat children and young adults who are addicted to playing computer games after concerns that heavy use of […]
Bacon rashers, statistics, and controversy
Tim Spector and Christopher Gardner discuss the recent recommendations that there is no need to cut red meat […]
Party conference season: the key announcements on health and social care
As this year’s party conference season comes to a close, what have we learned about the main parties’ priorities for health and social care? Richard Murray weighs up the key […]
Life expectancy in England: what’s going on?
The latest life expectancy data from the Office for National Statistics doesn’t provide much to celebrate. The UK’s life expectancy continues to stall and its poor standing in international life […]
Luke Kane: Ebola is a symptom of dysfunctional healthcare systems
More than one year into the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luke Kane expresses his disappointment that we’ve failed to learn from past mistakes […]
To grade or not to grade: assessing written reflection
Just over a year ago, while I was a fourth year medical student (SL), I was required to write a reflective essay entitled, “When a patient became a person.” This […]
Martina Villa: No tent, no food, no water—we can’t forget people seeking safety in Calais and Dunkirk
The situation for asylum seekers in Northern France is dire, their health is suffering badly and governments must respond to protect them, says Martina Villa […]
Julie Silver: Medical journals must address gender bias
When women physicians and scientists face barriers to publication and journal leadership, the pace of discovery slows and critical perspectives are lost […]