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Higher UPF intake linked to heightened risk of multiple chronic health issues + death

Every extra 100 g consumed associated with correspondingly greater risks A higher ultra processed food (UPF) intake is linked to a heightened risk of several major chronic health issues, such as digestive diseases, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome/diabetes, as well as death, finds a pooled data analysis of the ...

2026-09-23T09:25:37+01:0023 September 2026|Family Medicine and Community Health, Press release|

Resistance exercise may be best type for tackling insomnia in older age

Aerobic or mix of strength/aerobic/balance/flexibility exercise also effective Resistance or muscle strengthening exercise, using weights or the body itself, may be the best type of exercise for tackling insomnia in older age, suggests a pooled data analysis of the available research, published in the open access journal Family Medicine and Community ...

2025-03-05T09:58:49+00:005 March 2025|Family Medicine and Community Health, Press release|

ChatGPT may be better than doctors at evidence-based management of clinical depression

And without gender or social class bias sometimes seen in doctor-patient relationship But further research needed for severe cases, potential risks, and ethical issues ChatGPT, the AI language model capable of mirroring human conversation, may be better than a doctor at following recognised treatment standards for clinical depression, and without ...

2024-06-04T10:24:30+01:0017 October 2023|Family Medicine and Community Health, Press release|

Patient aggression towards doctors’ receptionists “serious safety concern”

Exerts personal and operational effects, manifest in absenteeism and workforce attrition Patient aggression towards receptionists working in general practice is a “serious workplace safety concern,” concludes a review of the available published evidence, published in the open access journal Family Medicine and Community Health. Not only does it affect the wellbeing ...

2024-06-04T10:25:07+01:0011 July 2023|Family Medicine and Community Health, Press release|

Aggression towards doctors’ receptionists “serious safety concern”

Exerts personal and operational effects, manifest in absenteeism and workforce attrition Patient aggression towards receptionists working in general practice is a “serious workplace safety concern,” concludes a review of the available published evidence, published in the open access journal Family Medicine and Community Health. Not only does it affect the wellbeing ...

2024-06-04T10:24:40+01:007 July 2023|Family Medicine and Community Health, Press release|
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