Expert Comment
‘Sleepwalking into male-orientated medicine’: University of Warwick academic speaks on medical feminism
A Warwick Medical School academic has highlighted how the medical profession’s historical focus on men has left a legacy of male-orientated medicine today in a talk for TEDxNHS.
Dr James Gill: Minimum pricing for alcohol 'is clearly part of the answer' in tackling alcohol abuse
Minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland appears to have had the effect of reducing alcohol consumption, according to a new study. Dr James Gill from Warwick Medical School and a locum GP argues that this is strong evidence that targeting alcohol purchasing will have a public health benefit.
NICE Hypertension Guidelines for adults: what is new? Professor Francesco Cappuccio comments
"This is not only a missed opportunity to improve the management of hypertension in people with the highest risk, but a challenge for the implementation of the guideline in primary care."
Dr James Gill comments on report that 1 in 10 hospital inpatients are alcohol dependent
A new report suggesting that 1 in 10 hospital inpatients are alcohol dependent has been published today, but Dr James Gill, Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Warwick and a Locum GP, argues that to we need to ask why alcohol is such a feature in an individual’s life.
Expert comment: fibre and wholegrains important for longterm health
Dr Oyinlola Oyebode, Associate Professor at Warwick Medical School, comments on new research findings confirming that fibre and whole-grain intakes are important for longer term health.