International health news TB is ‘gravest public health threat’ – Global efforts to combat drug-resistant TB are “inadequate” and new strains of the disease are a grave threat, say experts. Stress… Read more »
International health news Obesity epidemic underestimated — Estimates half the UK will be obese by 2050 underestimate the scale of the problem, and experts say the situation isn’t improving. New blood… Read more »
International health news E-cigarette industry difficult to regulate — Hundreds of e-cigarette products are available with little or no regulation of their content in some countries. Irregular heartbeat “growing global health… Read more »
International health news Blood test to detect bowel cancer — Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK, a new blood test can detect 85% of cases. Infant… Read more »
International health news Diabetes early death risk has fallen dramatically – In the 1990s diabetics were twice as likely to die than those without the disease. More than a third of… Read more »