Diet diversity: Average Brit eats at least 49 different species a week
A major study of U.K. dietary habits has found that the food we eat contains an average of at least 49 different species each week.
Jul 1, 2025
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Biomedical Occupation or Discipline: Public Health
Medical news and research articles
Improving cohort population representativeness to advance translational research in public health
A research team from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), has published a study in the journal Scientific Reports proposing a method to correct selection biases in population-based cohorts. The study represents ...
May 29, 2025
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Transformative possibilities and important considerations in the adoption of AI within Scotland's health care system
A report that sheds light on the transformative possibilities and important considerations in the adoption of AI within Scotland's Public Health and health care systems has been published by the Glasgow Center for Population ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Prescribing parkrun is a retrograde step, argues doctor
General practitioners are now "prescribing" parkrun for their patients as part of a social prescribing initiative to promote preventive care. But in The BMJ, Dr. Margaret McCartney argues that turning parkrun into a prescription ...
Apr 8, 2025
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Report encourages tax on sugar and salt in food to improve health in UK
The UK government should extend its sugar tax beyond soft drinks to cover all types of foods, according to a major new report published today (17 March).
Mar 17, 2025
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Renowned US health research hub Johns Hopkins to slash 2,000 jobs
Prestigious US university Johns Hopkins said Thursday it will lay off more than 2,000 employees around the world in the aftermath of the Trump administration's massive reduction in foreign aid funds.
Mar 14, 2025
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Promise and perils of AI in citizen science explored in study
A new study published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance by a team from Stanford Medicine investigates the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize citizen science and advance health equity. The study, ...
Mar 13, 2025
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UK gambling industry mimics Big Tobacco to downplay harms, study finds
New analysis published in the BMJ reveals the UK gambling industry is mimicking the tactics first used by Big Tobacco decades ago to downplay the harms of gambling and influence policy, including to avoid stricter regulation.
Feb 13, 2025
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Less-restrictive vaping laws linked to faster smoking decline
University of Queensland researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, suggesting less restrictive regulation on vaping could improve public health outcomes. Their study ...
Feb 12, 2025
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Rebuilding Gaza means rebuilding public health, say researchers
The health and humanitarian crisis in Gaza is acute. Many tens of thousands of people have been killed and thousands of others have sustained injuries with lifelong consequences.
Jan 29, 2025
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