Expert Comment
Why new salt study is flawed
A University of Warwick academic and WHO adviser says that a study which suggests salt may not be as damaging to health as is usually claimed is flawed.
Long sleep is at least a marker of future poor health - Dr Michelle Miller
The "increasing wealth of consistently strong evidence would suggest that long sleep is at least a marker of future poor health and indeed may be a ‘warning marker’ which needs to be investigated at the individual level to ascertain if there is an underlying cause", says Dr Michelle Miller of Warwick Medical School following reports that too much sleep may be bad for your health.
Tax rises needed to fund the NHS
The Institute for Fiscal Studies and Health Foundation said the NHS would need an extra 4% a year - or £2,000 per UK household - for the next 15 years. Dr Sam Watson, Senior Research Fellow, Warwick Medical School comments
Are there actually 5 types of diabetes? Professor Sudhesh Kumar comments.
A new study in the Lancet argues that diabetes should be seen as five separate conditions. Professor Sudhesh Kumar from Warwick Medical School comments.
Professor Helen Atherton on low public satisfaction with GP services
Professor Helen Atherton, expert in primary care at Warwick Medical School, comments on public satisfaction with GP services, which has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1983.