“The news that fortification of flour with folic acid is to be implemented at long last is welcome. Folic acid (vitamin B9) supplementation was shown to reduce neural tube defects by about 80% in a ...

‘Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population representative studies with 141 million participants’ by the NCD Risk Factor ...

Scientists comment on the NHS rollout of the ‘stop-smoking’ pill Varenicline. Dr Sarah Jackson, Principal Research Fellow at the UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, said: ...

Scientists comment on the UK Government’s announcement on nationally determined contributions at COP29. Dr Caterina Brandmayr, Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute – Climate ...

Journalists came to this SMC briefing to hear from experts from NICE who will discuss and answer your questions about the details and recommendations in the updated menopause guideline. This Briefing ...

Commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer for England, the UK National Statistician and NHS England’s National Director for Transformation, the Sudlow review sets out a bold vision for overcoming the ...

“This report is relevant because these two additional cases might indicate household transmission of clade 1b mpox outside Africa for the first time. However, more details about these 3 cases are ...

“Understanding Patient Data welcomes the publication of the Sudlow Review and its assertion that health data should be recognised as critical national infrastructure. The UK is uniquely positioned to ...

“The investigators take advantage of the ‘natural experiment’ of post-war food rationing to test the theory that exposure to sugar rationing in utero and in early childhood prevents or delays the ...

‘Screen Time Before 2 Years of Age and Risk of Autism at 12 Years of Age’ by Lin et al., 2024 was published in JAMA Pediatrics at 18:00 UK time on Monday 4th of November. DOI: ...

Prof Aimee Spector, Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing, University College London (UCL), said: ...

Scientists comment on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, including plans to ban smoking outside schools and hospitals. Prof Sean Semple, Professor of Exposure Science, University of Stirling, said: ...