“Without empirical data, Dr Takahashi’s suggestion that the bicarbonate generated from carbon dioxide in fizzy water would exert a similarly sized effect on glucose use to that of haemodialysis to ...

‘Data-driven discovery of associations between prescribed drugs and dementia risk: A systematic review’ by Benjamin R. Underwood et al. was published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational ...

A study published in Nature Medicine looks at the health risks and benefits linked to GLP-1 receptor agonists. Prof Naveed Sattar, Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine/Honorary Consultant, University ...

“This report is a systematic review of calorie labelling on energy intake. The strength of this review is that it included 25 studies in high income countries which were mainly randomized controlled ...

UK legislation approved in 2021 and brought into force in 2022 require calorie information to be displayed on menus and food labels for large businesses with more than 250 employees, including cafes, ...

Data published by the Met Office looks at the carbon dioxide forecast for 2025. Prof Kevin Anderson, Professor of Energy and Climate change, University of Manchester, said: “The conclusions of this ...

Prof Simon Griffin, Professor of General Practice, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, said: “Is there a danger of the baby being thrown out with the bathwater? “While there are ...

More than one billion people are estimated to be living with obesity globally. A new global Commission on obesity is being published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The commission is led by a ...

This global commission report aims to redefine how obesity is diagnosed. The report suggests that looking solely at Body Mass Index (BMI) is not sufficient because it’s not a direct measure of fat, or ...