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Tim Spector

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PI of the ZOE PREDICT studies & the ZOE Health Study @Join_ZOE Researcher/Author on microbiome, nutrition & genomics. All views my own.

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  • 2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Tim Spector

    Despite decades of astonishing medical advances, heart disease and cancer stubbornly remain two of the biggest killers in the UK. Together, these terrible conditions lead to the deaths of more than 300,000 Britons every year. Concerningly, some forms are also on the rise in the UK – even among young people. Last year, a major study found people born in 1990 are now three times more likely to develop certain tumours, including bowel cancer, than those over the age of 70.

  • 1 month ago | thetimes.com | Tim Spector

  • 1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Charlotte Lytton |Tim Spector

    Over half a million people in the UK are now on weight-loss medication, with around 95 per cent buying it privately. (Wegovy, the weight loss-approved version of Ozempic, was rolled out on the NHS in September 2023).

  • 1 month ago | msn.com | Tim Spector

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 1 month ago | msn.com | Tim Spector

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

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Tim Spector MD (Prof)
Tim Spector MD (Prof) @timspector
7 Apr 25

Time to change our outdated nhs pharmacy system - In many countries you can get common non dangerous drugs direct without prescription so you never run out. It’s also much cheaper. Missed prescription medicines increase risks for A&E patients https://t.co/TumaIABOVA

Tim Spector MD (Prof)
Tim Spector MD (Prof) @timspector
27 Mar 25

RT @CMonteiro_USP: Now, 8 cohort studies show UPF intake increases the risk of depressive symptoms. This one used an interesting trial emul…

Tim Spector MD (Prof)
Tim Spector MD (Prof) @timspector
27 Mar 25

I love this article in the journal Brain on bullshit university jobs https://t.co/LmAEvFFswX