Urgent rethink of bottled water’s huge and growing toll on human and planetary health
Estimated 1 million bottles bought every minute and demand is rising, warns expert The huge and growing toll bottled water is taking on human and ...
Cut ties with Coca Cola in interests of athletes, spectators, and the planet, IOC urged
Sponsorship forces athletes to implicitly endorse unhealthy sugary drinks, say authors And it gives company elite access to political and corporate leaders to exert its ...
Significant global variation in national covid-19 treatment guidelines
Most countries recommend at least one treatment that definitely doesn’t work Greatest divergence from gold standard recommendations in under-resourced countries National clinical guidelines for the ...
Swapping red meat for herring/sardines could save up to 750,000 lives/year in 2050
Adopting forage fish diet would be especially helpful in the Global South, say researchers Swapping red meat for ‘forage fish’, such as herring, sardines, and ...
Concerted efforts urgently needed to meet 2030 Global Alcohol Action Plan targets
Failure spells “dire consequences” for low/middle income countries, warn health scientists Concerted international efforts are urgently needed to meet the targets set out in the ...
Four types of animal-to-human infections increasing at “exponential rate”
On current trends, they are collectively set to kill 12 times more people in 2050 than in 2020 Zoonotic epidemics generally have become larger and ...
Singapore’s smoke-free law may have warded off 20,000 heart attacks in over 65s
Singapore’s smoke-free law may have warded off 20,000 heart attacks in over 65s 2013 extension of ban to communal areas of residential blocks + outdoor ...
Close contact intervention between mum and her premature baby may cut risk of death by almost a third
Peer reviewed? Yes Evidence type: Systematic review and meta-analysis Subjects: Close contact interventions and preterm infants Close contact intervention between a mother and her premature ...
Doctors and public health experts join calls for halt to AI R&D until it’s regulated
Certain types and applications pose “existential threat to humanity,” they warn An international group of doctors and public health experts have joined the clamour for ...
Almost every country criminalises abortion in some circumstances
134 penalise abortion seekers; 181 abortion providers; and 159 people assisting Almost all countries around the globe criminalise abortion in some circumstances, despite the public ...