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Dr Rangan Chatterjee and Professor Tim Spector to speak at Integrative and Personalised Medicine Congress 2022 – as The College of Medicine hosts one-day food and medicine conference
The College of Medicine will be hosting its fourth one-day conference on food and medicine at the Integrative and Personalised Medicine Congress taking place in-person, in London from 16-18 June 2022.
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WHO establishes the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of India today signed an agreement to establish the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine.
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Transforming health care: stories of changemakers across the world
This film weaves together and amplifies the stories from individuals and groups intentionally leading change, wherever they are situated in their respective ‘system’.
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Dietary Supplements for Eye Conditions
Many people turn to dietary supplements to prevent or slow the progression of certain eye diseases, such as cataract, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy.
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Dr Michael Dixon tells the Westminster Health Forum that GPs need to re-build patient relationships that were lost to the pandemic
Dr Michael Dixon - 'We know that having a personal GP leads to more satisfied patients and GPs, 30% less acute admissions to hospital and use of out of hours and you are 25% less likely to die.'
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World Obesity Day 2022 – Accelerating action to stop obesity
More than 1 billion people worldwide are obese – 650 million adults, 340 million adolescents and 39 million children. This number is still increasing. WHO estimates that by 2025, approximately 167 million people – adults and children – will become less healthy because they are overweight or obese.
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‘You can’t really study grief without studying love’ – Mary-Frances O’Connor
'It is across many years of investigation, and many research projects of my own and others, that I have come to see framing ‘grieving as a form of learning’ captures many aspects of this process.'
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Stool tests might help spot early pancreatic cancer
They have been trialling the concept in a study with 136 volunteer. The findings, described in the journal Gut, suggest detectable changes involving gut bugs could provide a warning sign that a tumour is present.
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World leaders and experts call for action to protect the environment from antimicrobial pollution
World leaders and experts today called for global action to reduce antimicrobial pollution recognising this as critical to combatting rising levels of drug resistance and protecting the environment.
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‘I forget everything’: the benefits of nature for mental health
As campaign launched to enshrine right to green space, Bolton woman describes how ‘tranquility walks’ helped her through lockdown.
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The power of stars to meet our energy needs? This is something to be excited about
The fusion energy industry could produce a breakthrough in human history akin to the adoption of electricity
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New WHO research urges an end to aggressive formula milk marketing that discourages breastfeeding
As societies, we are failing to protect our children from the aggressive marketing of formula milk that can undermine their health, finds the new WHO–UNICEF global report titled “How marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding”.
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