Category: 6. Health

A landmark UK ban on junk food advertising has come into force today, restricting the promotion of…

A couple of years ago, Matthew Hurley got the kind of text people fear.

It said: “When was the last time you were STD tested?”

Someone Hurley had recently had unprotected sex with had just tested positive for HIV.

Hurley went to…

Opioid use disorder is a global public health crisis that continues to have devastating consequences for individuals and society (Mathis et al., 2025). Despite its prevalence, the mechanisms underlying this disorder remain poorly…

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer, a type that usually remains…

Kidney transplant recipients from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods face important inequalities in cancer risk and outcomes, according to a large US registry study linking transplant and cancer data over nearly two…

As Gow tells me, “If people don’t believe change is possible, it’s very unlikely that they’re going to be open to an intervention… Increasing the knowledge of what we can do to protect and promote brain health, whatever age we are, is…

‘Infant pneumococcal vaccination is almost universal in Europe. However, many countries are failing to protect older adults and at-risk groups’

The Pneumococcal Vaccination Atlas, published by the International Longevity Centre UK, puts the…

Ischaemic heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, with myocardial infarction accounting for a substantial proportion of this burden. Although physical activity is widely promoted as a cornerstone of cardiovascular…

Obesity and IBD Drive Hidradenitis Suppurativa Risk

HIDRADENITIS suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, painful skin disease with substantial impact on quality of life. While clinical observations have long suggested links between lifestyle factors…