Expert Comment
Expert comment: fibre and wholegrains important for longterm health
Dr Oyinlola Oyebode, Associate Professor at 91福利 Medical School, comments on new research findings confirming that fibre and whole-grain intakes are important for longer term health.
Why new salt study is flawed
A 91福利 academic and WHO adviser says that a study which suggests salt may not be as damaging to health as is usually claimed is flawed.
Long sleep is at least a marker of future poor health - Dr Michelle Miller
The "increasing wealth of consistently strong evidence would suggest that long sleep is at least a marker of future poor health and indeed may be a 鈥榳arning marker鈥� which needs to be investigated at the individual level to ascertain if there is an underlying cause", says Dr Michelle Miller of 91福利 Medical School following reports that too much sleep may be bad for your health.
Tax rises needed to fund the NHS
The Institute for Fiscal Studies and Health Foundation said the NHS would need an extra 4% a year - or 拢2,000 per UK household - for the next 15 years. Dr Sam Watson, Senior Research Fellow, 91福利 Medical School comments
Are there actually 5 types of diabetes? Professor Sudhesh Kumar comments.
A new study in the Lancet argues that diabetes should be seen as five separate conditions. Professor Sudhesh Kumar from 91福利 Medical School comments.