The conflict has disrupted the supply of a myriad of crucial raw materials, including oil, gas, crop fertiliser and helium – and health essentials could be next.
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While tobacco smoking continues to cause millions of deaths annually, the rapid uptake of e-cigarettes, heated tobacco, and synthetic nicotine pouches, particularly among the youth, risks reversing decades of progress in tobacco control. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...
‘And, crucially, patients will often end up being stranded for days and weeks in hospital because of the very same lack of capacity and responsiveness in community services that led them to hospital in the first place.’
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"It's really stark in its conclusion that the healthcare service had been underfunded and the level to which that critically undermined the ability of the NHS to cope during the pandemic is clear."
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“The US almost exclusively uses single dose pens. One pen has one dose in it, and it’s used once and thrown away. Whereas a lot of Europe are using a multidose pen,” says Matthew Parker, device innovation lead at the Technology Partnership in Cambridge in the UK.
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The UK's biggest video-on-demand services will have to follow the same rules on content and accessibility as traditional broadcasters, under new legislation being implemented.
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Clear sky 🌌 tonight 🌓
Motoring organisation, the AA said pothole-related call outs in January were up by 18% across the UK, with 6,235 in the East of England alone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Although covid is transmitted through the respiratory system, much of the pathology unfolds in the vascular system, with microvascular damage, thromboinflammation & dysregulated perfusion underpinning the cardiac, pulmonary & neurological manifestations of severe disease.
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‘I try not to subscribe to the idea of Britain being broken, but looking into a pothole which just shredded a front tyre, it’s hard not to succumb. It shouldn’t be there. It’s not my fault. Someone has blundered.’ Adrian Chiles | The Guardian
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All forms of nicotine are toxic to the heart and blood vessels, regardless of whether they are delivered by vape, pouch, shisha or cigarette, according to a new expert consensus report.
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Another wet, wet, wet day today. At least it wasn’t as foggy as the last few weeks!
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It remains unsettled across western Europe over the coming days, but a colder and drier interlude will develop from the north Friday and into Saturday 👇
‘Exactly half of the UK’s 60 specialist cancer treatment centres had a freeze on recruiting clinical oncologists imposed on them during 2025, and 36% of the 160 radiology departments were subjected to a ban as well on hiring clinical radiologists.’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
‘Managers have apologised unreservedly to patients and their families.But those who've been left with life lasting injuries, harmed by the surgeon they believed would help them, are still angry.’
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The turn, the finish 😮💨💥
João Pedro with a goal of the highest quality 🤌
What a brilliant solo run and goal! Bravo! We need to win this team!
‘Habitual engagement in most types of physical activity was associated with lower mortality. The variety of physical activity was inversely associated with mortality, independent of total physical activity levels.’ @BMJMedicine
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Did you see the Northern Lights?
Check out our latest blog with amazing photos we've received of last night's aurora ⤵️
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‘Combining evidence from previous studies indicates that darker skin tones, often assessed using ethnicity as a proxy for skin tone, are associated with overestimation of arterial haemoglobin oxygen saturation (SaO2)’ @bmj.com
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‘The drivers of these threats are underpinned by political systems that prioritise economic growth over population health and the natural environment, undermining economies through increased health-care costs and reduced human productivity.’@TheLancet
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‘One set of companies profits by making populations obese; another now profits by promising to reverse it, at least for as long as people can keep paying and injecting. We still don’t know the long-term side effects of these drugs’ @devisridhar www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
