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The soft drinks industry levy came into effect in the UK in early 2018. The first study to investigate the effect of this “sugar tax” on individual-level consumption has just been published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The headline finding is that adults reduced their daily added…

In 1997, Tony Blair’s election “pledge card” included a promise to cut NHS waiting lists, then totalling 1.16 million. Keir Starmer’s “first steps for change” include a similar pledge to cut waiting times, but his task is on a different scale, with 7.5 million people currently awaiting treatment. How did…

Despite the fact that it is central to so many people’s lives, too often, social care is an afterthought for UK political parties. In the first TV debate of the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer devoted only 36 seconds to this issue.

A study found the technology to be 95% accurate when predicting where a stent would be located in the brain

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)-funded study found that higher levels of inflammation in the blood of obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery predict poorer weight loss six months later. Read further on Dynamite News:

Collection of studies show five areas where AI tools show promise – and even outperform humans

The 20 new policy research units will receive between £2m and £5m over a three- to five-year contract

It comes as the National Institute for Health and Care Research released a collection of studies that looked at the benefits of AI technology.

The UK government is recruiting a volunteer army for social care, to help with the sector’s record-high vacancy rate. There are currently a staggering 165,000 open posts, representing 10.7% of the workforce.

Stephen Cossins says a drug trial is responsible for his clean bill of health.

Stephen Cossins, 71, was put on an alternative treatment and is now cancer-free