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Mashup Score: 10Mobilizing support for access to Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation services in humanitarian crises - 2 day(s) ago
77th WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY SIDE EVENT Please note that the event will be held in person.
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Mashup Score: 18Minister takes action on single use vapes - 2 day(s) ago
Northern Ireland is set to ban the sale and supply of single use vapes by April 2025, in a bid to stop five million single use vapes being thrown
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Mashup Score: 44
Today’s 60 year olds don’t feel as old as a generation ago. New data suggests old age is more of a social construct than an objective biological reality.
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Mashup Score: 33
Diabetologia – The associations of sitting, standing, physical activity and sleep with cardiometabolic health and glycaemic control markers are interrelated. We aimed to identify 24 h time-use…
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Mashup Score: 20Smoking changes adaptive immunity with persistent effects - 9 day(s) ago
Nature – A survey of 136 factors that may influence cytokine secretion identify smoking, cytomegalovirus latent infection and body mass index as influential factors, with varying effects on innate…
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Mashup Score: 62
Taking more steps per day was associated with a progressively lower risk of all-cause mortality, up to a level that varied by age. The findings from this meta-analysis can be used to inform step guidelines for public health promotion of physical activity.
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Mashup Score: 24
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the complication, emergency department, and hospital readmission rates associated with telemedicine vs conventional care in patients who underwent abdominal surgery.
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Mashup Score: 23Minimum unit pricing for alcohol saves lives, so why is it not implemented more widely? - 13 day(s) ago
Minimum unit pricing (MUP) saves lives, particularly among heavy drinkers, and should be widely rolled out for the benefit of all, say Peter Anderson and colleagues ### Key messages Minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol sets a price below which alcohol cannot be legally sold based on alcohol content. In Scotland, the price was set in 2018 at 50p per unit (8 g of alcohol)1 and will increase to 65p in September 2024.2 A major justification for MUP is to target cheaper, high strength alcohol, which is disproportionately purchased by people who drink heavily.1 MUP is one of a suite of alcohol pricing policies, including excise taxes,3 endorsed for implementation by all member states of the World Health Organization.4 Minimum pricing for alcohol was introduced in Ontario, Canada, soon after prohibition was repealed in the 1920s.5 Minimum prices were used to stabilise alcohol markets that were operated by government alcohol monopolies, an important source of government revenue.5 Widespread
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Mashup Score: 39How Western food imports are fuelling obesity in Pacific nations - 16 day(s) ago
As dwindling crops and inflation make healthy options less affordable, islanders are turning to cheap ultra-processed foods
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Mashup Score: 29Cost of a healthy diet as a share of average expenditure on food - 17 day(s) ago
The cost of a healthy diet is the lowest-cost set of foods available that would meet requirements in dietary guidelines from governments and public health agencies.
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