Showing posts with label lifestyle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lifestyle. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Why has diabetes increased? The answer may be economics rather than lifestyle

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**** Over the last couple of days we've seen reports that the numbers of diagnoses for diabetes in the UK has risen by 60% over the la...
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Tuesday, 1 April 2014

On the ideology of public health

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Building London's sewers - real public health work I know I rant and rave about them, complaining about their outlook, attitudes a...
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

It should read: "The NHS must treat working-class lifestyles not killer diseases"

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**** Four in every five deaths in London today are due to unhealthy lifestyles, including factors such as smoking, alcohol, bad diet...
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Getting heavier? It's not the calories it's the sitting around....

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**** As I listened to some professor of public health this morning, I was grateful that the radio is firmly attached to the car. Had it be...
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Wednesday, 6 March 2013

NHS response to criticism - blame the patient

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**** Yesterday "The Doctors" were out in force. All over the airwaves, in every newspaper. Telling us that the reason we don...
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Monday, 11 February 2013

On the cult of public health...

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**** The transfer of public health from the clutches of central government and the NHS presents a real opportunity. An opportunity to appr...
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Monday, 26 November 2012

Today's nannying fussbucket is another Tory MP: Dr Phillip Lee

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**** Welcome to the world of judgemental government, to nudging with a baseball bat. Welcome to Phillip Lee MP (he's a GP too so this ...
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Friday, 16 September 2011

More from the New Puritans at Benenden...

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**** We've met Benenden Healthcare Society before when they spread a few myths about drinking and misrepresented some research. And t...