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Sep 10, 2024 | 
villagevoice.com | Chad Byrnes |Mike Laws |Andrew Scott |R.C. Baker
Theo Thimo has “poet” tattooed on his knuckles. They showed up for an interview at Vineapple Cafe with a backpack full of books — Oscar D’Artois, Lily Lady, Kristen Felicetti — and a generally gleeful disillusionment with society.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
medscape.co.uk | Andrew Scott
Tracy Nicholls began her career in the mid-1990s with the now East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, working on patient transport services before progressing to the role of technician and then paramedic. She moved into several leadership roles with the trust before being appointed chief executive of the College of Paramedics in 2019. In 2023, Nicholls was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list for services to the paramedic profession.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
imd.org | Andrew Scott |Walter Hassler |Shelley Zalis |Howard Yu
In 1900, the average life expectancy of a newborn human being was 32 years. By 2021 this had more than doubled to 71 years. This trend is set to continue, representing a seismic demographic shift that will require a response from government and policymakers, society at large, the education and training sector, companies, and, last but not least, the individual.
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May 23, 2024 | 
medscape.co.uk | Andrew Scott
Whilst concerns about weight stigma have increased compassion and support for those living with obesity, there is a danger that they are shifting the balance of nutritional and lifestyle guidance away from the possibilities of taking personal action towards an emphasis on biological determinism, according to prominent academic and author Jane Ogden.
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May 22, 2024 | 
medscape.co.uk | Andrew Scott
A study spanning 13 years of data in Scotland has estimated that at least £10 million of healthcare costs would have been avoided over the study period if formula-fed infants had been exclusively breastfed within the first 6-8 weeks of birth. The researchers stated that, to their knowledge, this is the first population-level birth cohort study to provide a detailed analysis of the direct cost differences in paediatric healthcare associated with different modes of infant feeding in the UK.
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May 17, 2024 | 
medscape.co.uk | Andrew Scott
An umbrella review has reported significant risk-lowering effects of vegetarian and vegan diets, but the authors suggest caution before making any broad dietary recommendations until more data emerges. An umbrella review systematically analyses the findings reported in a large number of other reviews and meta-analyses over a long timescale; in this case looking at more than two decades of investigations from January 2000 to July 2023.
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May 3, 2024 | 
mdedge.com | Andrew Scott
Publish date: May 3, 2024 FROM THE LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH A large UK-based study has found that females, sexual minorities, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage are most at-risk of “internalised” weight stigma, along with people who experienced family and media pressure to lose weight in childhood. This can continue to be the case as long as two decades after the childhood experiences.
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May 2, 2024 | 
marketwatch.com | Andrew Scott
“We can expect to become old, yet we worry about outliving our health, our wealth, our skills, our relationships, and our sense of purpose.” In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act and Americans aged 65 and over were able to expect a regular pension during their retirement. At the time, life expectancy stood at 61 years.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
medscape.co.uk | Andrew Scott
Researchers at Keele University have recommended that GPs and other clinicians exercise extreme caution when prescribing gabapentinoids. The recommendation is the result of findings from a large-scale study of the drug’s adverse effects identified from anonymised GP records. “They need to be extra careful with patient selection,” Dr Julie Ashworth, senior lecturer and honorary consultant in pain medicine at Keele, and chief investigator of the study, told Medscape News UK.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Andrew Scott
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