Blair Merrick
@BlairMerrick
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With compelling arguments, four leading mental health scholars call for recognizing ultra-processed food addiction as a disorder to support stronger prevention, better treatment, and more effective public policies. https://t.co/iktKtPgz6f
nature.com
Nature Medicine - Now is the time to recognize and respond to addiction to ultra-processed foods
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I think we should stop talking about 'lifestyle factors' and change it to people who are 'impacted by commercial determinants of health'
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Water bill going up by 50% in April - @Ofwat you are a total disgrace allowing this and @thameswater can you assure me this money isn’t just going into shareholders pockets and you are going to sort out your shoddy network?
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Maybe leave the medical advice to medically qualified professionals? Oh wait sorry, my bad, it’s a free for all now isn’t it…
But the public can play their part too - please do seek help when you need it. We would rather see you sooner when viruses are easier to treat, than later when it is more difficult.
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Happy to announce that we have achieved 💯out of 300 randomisations in the PROMISE trial. Thank you everyone for your amazing work, let's keep going in 2025! #FMT #clinicaltrials #livercirrhosis @DebbieShawcros1 @vtkronsten
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Finally people are cottoning on to the dangers of podcasts spreading health misinformation @bbcworldservice @drg1985 @parthaskar
https://t.co/BZCMoEt5BO
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Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
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Available NOW wherever you get your podcasts and tonight at 6:30pm on Radio 4, ep 3️⃣ of Best Medicine! Laura Smyth celebrates sleep 💤 Prof Lindsay Hall calls for crapsules 💩 💊 Subhadra Das champions Dr Charles Drew 🩸 Prof Nick Embleton sells Stem Cell Transplants 🧫
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Whilst well intentioned, the Assisted dying bill is flawed. I would urge all those in the unenviable position of having to vote, to consider the opinion of 4/5 palliative care doctors, and those of people such as Liz Carr, before making their decision -
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Two friends recently woke up in hospital to find ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders on their notes. We’re all too aware that some lives aren’t valued as much as others, says the actor and disability rights...
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Scientists at @LancasterUni have found that @gateshead's policy of restricting the number of new fast food outlets has reduced childhood obesity by 4.8% compared to other parts of north-east England which did not make the policy change⬇️ https://t.co/YDvl15ee83
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Researchers say their findings suggest the council's move may have cut health inequalities.
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Are you a microbiome researcher or interested clinician? Join us on 29th January 2025 for our annual @KingsCollegeLon London Microbiome Meeting - tickets available now (free)
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Join us for a half-day microbiome conference followed by drinks and nibbles, hosted by King's College London
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Robust methodological rebuttal to the analyses showing some UPFs appear positive for health: Are all ultra-processed foods bad for health? - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe
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Using data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort, Dicken and colleagues1 demonstrated that, as seen in several studies,2 ultra-processed food (UPF)3...
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Boris Johnson has crawled out of the woodwork to join Nigel Farage in saying the UK needs a referendum on ECHR membership If UK media is going to give him a platform to spout this boll**** it’s up to all of us to call it out. RT this if you agree
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Another win for vaccines. How lucky we are to have access to them
Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13. https://t.co/clCeKqILrP
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💬 “AMR can happen to anyone, and your life can change in a split second just like mine did.” Vanessa Carter, Chair of the WHO Task Force of AMR survivors, shares how #AntimicrobialResistance changed her life & what can be done to prevent it. #AMRsurvivors
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And I’m sure these experts will only be providing evidence-based impartial advice 🙄
More than half of the experts on the UK government’s nutrition advisory panel have links to the food industry, reveals #BMJInvestigation. At least 11 of the 17 members have conflicts of interest with the likes of Nestle, Tate and Lyle, and Unilever https://t.co/CVypUKGL5S
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I’m currently reviewing the Darzi report (I have some comments and questions to share later!) but one thing the report is very clear on: Changing the healthcare model (universal, tax based) would be idiotic “We cannot afford not to have an NHS” Insurance model is too costly!
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Add this to the list of things to sort @wesstreeting and @Keir_Starmer
Access to obesity services is severely restricted across England. Over 1/3 of areas have restricted or no access to tier 3 services, while 1/5 have no bariatric surgery service. My investigation for @bmj_latest👇 @bariatricBOMSS @NHeslehurst @UK_ASO
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Necessary steps in the right direction
Keir Starmer ready to face down ‘nanny state’ jibes in radical public health drive | Health policy | The Guardian
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💯 And I would say it actually doesn’t go far enough, the state of the NHS is almost entirely due to what has happened outside of the health service.
I fear this part of the Darzi report already risks getting lost - but it is absolutely key. If we want to avoid another lost decade for the NHS, we have to invest in the wider public sector and all the other things that make up the wider determinants of health.
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💯 Prevention is always better than cure!
📰 Responding to calls for additional funding to boost the public health grant, @ADMBriggs says that more is needed to tackle childhood obesity. Read more in @thetimes (£-walled) 👇 https://t.co/p7QwL76Aia
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