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Access to GPs - Dr Helen Atherton comments

A new investigation by the BBC has found that 10% of registered patients live in areas where there is no access to GPs in evenings and at weekends. Dr Helen Atherton from Warwick Medical School discusses whether extended hours increase patient satisfaction.

Tue 31 Jul 2018, 10:21 | Tags: Health, Expert comment, Warwick Medical School

Professor Elizabeth Dowler on the banning of online junk food adverts

Professor Elizabeth Dowler, expert in food and nutrition, discusses the new rules targeting junk food adverts for children which have resulted in the banning of the first online adverts.

Wed 04 Jul 2018, 10:21 | Tags: Children, Health, obesity, wellbeing, Sociology, Food

Is cannabis effective in treating epilepsy? - Professor Jane Hutton comments

As six-year-old Alfie Dingley visits Parliament with his mother, a day after confirmation that he would receive a licence to use cannabis oil to treat his epilepsy, Professor Jane Hutton of the Department of Statistics discusses the efficacy of this drug for the condition.


Too much wine will kill you - Dr James Gill comments on Lancet study

A new study published in The Lancet aims to measure more precisely the potential harm that drinking to excess can do. Dr James Gill comments.


'Poisonous air' emergency costing £20bn a year - expert comment

MPs have demanded an end to the UK's "poisonous air" in an unprecedented report from four Commons committees. Dr Theo Damoulas, says that accurate data will help decision makers introduce the correct policies.


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