Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Hundreds of babies and mothers died or were harmed due to “deeply embedded” systemic failures and “cruel” care spanning more thanContinue Reading
Halfpoint/Shutterstock On a busy hospital ward, a nurse says “wonderful, wonderful” as a patient with dementia completes a task. It sounds simple, but moments like this can play an important role in how care gets done. Building on my doctoral research, a recent study I co-authored with colleagues examines howContinue Reading
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Drinking fruit juice, soda and other sweet beverages during childhood may raise the risk of high blood pressure in adulthood, accordingContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A ‘landmark moment’ is being celebrated in the NHS as a first-of-its-kind therapy that can delay the onset of type 1Continue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email It’s officially the beginning of summer and the season is raising temperatures to record levels in many parts of America. WhileContinue Reading
Studio Nut/Shutterstock Heat is no longer a future climate risk. It is already here. Across continents, high temperatures are being pushed higher by forces acting at once: human-caused warming, very warm oceans, dry soils, slow-moving high-pressure weather systems and El Niño conditions that have now developed in the tropical Pacific.Continue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Protein has become a health buzzword. Supermarket aisles are stocked with food slapped with a “high in protein” label, from yoghurtContinue Reading
Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Picture the scene. It’s Wednesday evening. You’re working late. A slew of curveballs from colleagues hasContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email “We need to escalate our concerns to NHS England [and then health secretary], Wes Streeting.” The words most NHS chiefs wouldContinue Reading
