Expert Comment
Expert comment: Many poorer countries suffer a double burden of malnutrition
Dr Rishi Caleyachetty from Warwick Medical School, comments on the Lancet report published today.
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 Raquel Nunes highlights the problems with extreme weather advice
Dr Raquel Nunes, Senior Research Fellow at Warwick Medical School, discusses the problems with extreme weather advice and outlines improvements to public health guidance on how to stay cool during the heatwave that the UK is currently experiencing.
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.