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UK teenagers get two-thirds of their calories from ultra-processed foods – new study

Humans have been processing food for thousands of years. While some processing can increase food’s safety and shelf-life, consuming lots of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is linked to health issues such as obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

The Conversation

Electric and hybrid cars are more likely to hit pedestrians, according to a new report

A recent study has concluded that electric and hybrid vehicles are twice as likely to be involved in collision with pedestrians.

TechRadar

Raised blood sugar levels ‘linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease’

According to the study, when it comes to blood sugar levels within the normal range, it is a case of the lower the better in protecting against CVDs.

The Independent UK

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Hotter temperatures linked to increased hospitalisation risk for London’s homeless

Researchers find homeless people 35 per cent more likely to be admitted to hospital when mercury exceeds 25°C

Evening Standard

Antibiotics and resistance ‘two-way street’ between animals and humans – study

Experts across the world are determined to slow down the rise in AMR, which is partly fuelled by unnecessary use of antibiotics.

The Independent UK

Life expectancy calculator tells if you'll reach 100 as UK 'falls down global ranks'

Find out your life expectancy with an online tool as a new report sees the UK 'falling down the global ranks' with Glasgow among the lowest levels.

Daily Record

NHS nurses and midwives should be able to approve abortions, report argues

Largest study of abortion in UK concludes that need for two doctors to sign off on procedure should be scrapped

Evening Standard

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Nurses and midwives should be able to approve abortions, UK study concludes

If adopted, shake-up of 1967 Abortion Act would scrap rule that two doctors must approve termination

The Guardian - UK

Tom Meade obituary

Epidemiologist whose research into the role of blood in heart disease paved the way for new targeted treatments

The Guardian - UK

Dame Valerie Beral obituary

Distinguished epidemiologist who showed the pill was safe and shed light on many other health issues

The Guardian - UK

London medical school benefited from colonial exploitation, report finds

Development of ‘tropical medicine’ at LSHTM was shaped by white supremacy and racist pseudoscience, says study it commissioned

The Guardian - UK

Monkeypox emergency declaration ‘recognises need to stop global spread’

A London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine professor reassured people the situation is not something they should ‘unduly worry’ about.

The Independent UK

‘A life worth living’: bereaved mother and daughter set off on year-long drive across Africa

Six years after her husband was killed, Nadja Ensink-Teich hopes the journey will bring Fleur, six, closer to the father she never met

The Guardian - UK

Is your car safer if it's parked under a street light? The answer might surprise you

You might think criminals would rather not be lit up for all the world to see and it's safer to park in a well lit location

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