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Recent reports claiming we need to do five times more exercise than we previously thought are incorrect. Current physical activity guidelines are enough to achieve health benefits.
A tin pot dictator plunders billions from his blighted nation’s treasury. Sensing he’ll soon be exiled, amid public relations fanfare, he offers ill-gotten millions to a local university for a new school…
India’s prime minister won a landslide victory promising to improve his people’s lives. There’s a very long way to go.
A judge has found that NHS England cannot reasonably refuse to fund anti-HIV drugs for gay men. This is a major step forward.
Public health experts enlist the molecular biology tools that create genetically modified organisms – as well as the GMOs themselves – in the fight against emerging infectious diseases.
Data from London’s Great Smog of 1952 show that air pollution exposure in early life leads to striking increases in asthma rates. Millions in the developing world face similar risks today.
Research suggests lower blood alcohol concentration limits and interventions like ignition interlocks can make a big difference.
Millions of people need to be confident that suitable public toilets will be available when they leave their homes. A shortage of such facilities is a serious problem for an ageing population.
Enough tiptoeing around: without ending state discrimination, we have little hope of stopping HIV and AIDS.
Scotland remains sick man of Europe despite devolution. Here’s what is going wrong.
The government’s focus on treating chronic disease neglects the importance of obesity and the benefits of preventive health measures tailored to gender and socioeconomic circumstances.
The meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 exposed 572 million people to radiation. No other nuclear accident holds a candle to that level of public health impact.
A parish council’s decision to charge parkrunners for using their parks may seem like a storm in a tea cup – but it’s an important test case.
Parks are found in most neighbourhoods, generally free to use and are enjoyed by diverse groups. Although most visitors don’t use parks for physical activity, modest improvements can change that.
Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand, despite the distance separating them and varying histories, have one disturbing issue in common: poor health.
University graduates have the power to enable dignified lives for others in a society. What skills and qualities do they need for this to happen?
Dietary changes make a big difference to both people and planet.
Do guns change the ways that people engage with each other? A gun violence researcher went to Missouri to find out.
The Girls Make Your Move ads need to be supported by materials that increase girls’ beliefs in their ability and give them tools for planning to be more active.
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