Wes Streeting: makes the right noises but is wrong on his light touch with the food and drink lobby and fails to see that risk aversion is the big reason the NHS fails to deliver as success is not rewarded - but - inertia and covering your back are ⁩.

So should we have the same on processed foods that cause more cancer? Alcohol labels should warn of cancer risk, urge health groups.

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Uk govt allows Big brands to get round new laws aimed at reducing marketing crap food to children - plus ca change….

Launch of the appeal for the research fund in memory of My friend Michael

Big food gets away with murder while Advertising standards ASA picks on little guys trying to make healthy food like #ZOE

#Covid enquiry- track and trace - what went wrong . If you have a spare 80 minutes- this is my evidence to module 7 about the ZOE/Kings app and how it could have saved many more lives as well as billions of £ .Traumatic to recall it all again ! 🙏

Sadly not a surprise - but great work uncovering the corruption ⁦@guardian⁩

Next Monday 5 yrs later - I’m giving evidence to the U.K. Covid enquiry about what went wrong with the official system and how embracing symptom apps like ZOE/KCL would have saved lives @JoinZoe @KingsCollegeLon.

Time to change our outdated nhs pharmacy system - In many countries you can get common non dangerous drugs direct without prescription so you never run out. It’s also much cheaper. Missed prescription medicines increase risks for A&E patients.

RT @CMonteiro_USP: Now, 8 cohort studies show UPF intake increases the risk of depressive symptoms. This one used an interesting trial emul….

I love this article in the journal Brain on bullshit university jobs

Gut health study of world’s oldest person reveals a youthful set of gut microbes and presumably a healthy immune system

RT @CaulfieldTim: Ignore the "biological age" hype. Mostly "longevity" (read: Wellness Woo 2.0) marketing. How quickly are you ageing? Wh….

Chip pizzas fuel Italy’s and Greece’s child obesity crisis.

Don’t these NHS trusts know we are in a health crisis? NHS hires diversity staff on double the salary of junior doctors.

Who knew the « Sexome «  could be useful. ! But I imagine nearly impossible to prove in court

Safety checks on tap water are tougher than bottled water as this scandal shows Emmanuel Macron denies covering up mineral water health risks.

luckily UKHSA ( ex public health England) is way ahead of the US and started doing this in 2020. « Trump tells health agencies: Stop talking to the public ».

Odd that in the US and U.K. radon exposure is associated with a 10-15 percent increase in lung cancer but in Germany and Austria is believed to help arthritis and immune problems and part of spa therapy. In U.K. Radon-rich Dartmoor prison is shut but should be changed into a spa.