People who develop chronic lung disease are more likely to be shorter in height than the general population according to new research presented on Thursday at The British Thoracic Society Annual Winter Meeting.

An “unacceptable and growing chasm” exists in the UK between those with good and poor oral health, according to the British Dental Association’s (BDA’s) Oral Health Inequalities Policy which is published today. The policy highlights the close association between low socio-economic status and poor oral health, calling for more focus on preventive care. It also [...]

The latest figures from the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report 2007 show improvements in the stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK.

In response to a study published online by the British Medical Journal online which found that people from areas of social deprivation have significantly worse outcomes following cardiac surgery and concluded that social deprivation independently predicted the risk of dying following cardiac surgery (1), Dr Mike Knapton, Associate Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation [...]

People from the most deprived areas of England have a far higher risk of death after cardiac surgery than people from the least deprived areas, finds a large study published on bmj.com today.
Cardiovascular disease is the commonest cause of early death in the Western world and is closely related to social and economic deprivation. Cardiac [...]