Blair Merrick retweeted
Celebrities, rich people and ex-prime ministers should not make health policy. Prostate cancer screening is just not as simple as some are making out. There are real harms caused when people are treated unnecessarily.
Quite. Video demonstrating some of the issues here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ddg8Du…
New findings from seven microbiome testing companies highlight the systemic issue of poor comparability that plagues the industry, due to methodological variability
Also the stool reference material does not represent an absolute “ground truth”:
tinyurl.com/48b6x9e6
Blanket ban. Mandatory. No self-regulation. Time we followed suit.
Congratulations to Norway for banning the marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks to children – a timely move to protect the next generation.
This action responds to a real public health challenge: more than 1 in 5 school-aged children in Norway are living with overweight or obesity, while 8 in 10 food and drink ads aimed at children promote unhealthy nutrition.
Norway’s step shows that governments can act decisively to protect children’s health, and I hope this example encourages other countries across our Region to follow suit.
Read more here: bit.ly/4t0hrkR
Blair Merrick retweeted
Great to work with Horace Williams, @BlairMerrick and an international team @Khanna_S on this world survey of #FMT use, now out in #IJID @ISID_org: ijidonline.com/article/S1201… @IHepatology @ImperialMDR @BRCinfection @EurFmt
Blair Merrick retweeted
We welcome the Government's changes to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, to cover more products including sugary milk-based drinks. These changes could cut 17 million calories a day from the nation’s daily intake - helping to reduce a range of health conditions, including liver disease and liver cancer.
This follows a consultation which we responded to as part of the Obesity Health Alliance. As well as many years of campaigning by ourselves and other health charities.
Read more: britishlivertrust.org.uk/sof…
Blair Merrick retweeted
Donor screening for #FMT gets ever more complicated, but is there rationale for this? Great to play a part in this critical appraisal and international Delphi process on this issue, now out in @Gut_BMJ: gut.bmj.com/content/early/20… @EdKuijper2 @IHepatology @ImperialMDR @EurFmt
Today marks the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Now why should we dedicate a whole week to antimicrobials every year you ask? Well, it’s because resistance to antimicrobials - AMR - is a major global threat.
Policy makers need to give AMR the prioritisation it deserves. They also need to tackle systemic drivers including social inequalities, environmental contamination, economic and market failures, limited diagnostics, and defunding of international aid programmes to name a few…
Write to your MP (members.parliament.uk/FindYo…) become an antibiotic guardian (antibioticguardian.com/), and participate in AMR related research (bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/), and please encourage others to do the same.
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