Simon Capewell
Family man, gardener, Cantata Choir. #PublicHealth prof & #prevention researcher. Advocating healthy #food & #tobacco policies everywhere. Tweets mine, RTs not.
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Polypill prevents third of heart problems
The drug combination has huge potential and would cost just "pennies a day", say the researchers.
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Four-in-one #prevention Rx prevents 1/3 heart & stroke events in #Iran #RCT
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Boris Johnson wants Ireland to leave EU trade rules and form a new union with the UK after Brexit
Under the plan Ireland would voluntarily agree to temporarily leave EU trading rules and align with the UK instead.
Pensioner worried about 'wronged' grandchildren sprawls anti-Brexit graffiti
An 71-year-old grandma was behind mysterious anti-Brexit graffiti scrawled on public fences in pro-Brexit Wakefield.
Food Standards Scotland recommends action: eating out should be a healthier experience | Food Standards Scotland
Food Standards Scotland has today called for significant changes to make food outside of the home healthier.
Confirmed: NHS cash reserves will fund PM’s capital spending promise
The capital spending announced by Boris Johnson will be largely funded by cash reserves already held by NHS providers, a letter to the service confirms.
No-deal papers reveal council fears over food supply
Councils' no-deal Brexit plans warn of more expensive school meals and lower nutritional standards.
Boris Johnson rejects pleas to recall Parliament over no-deal Brexit
Downing Street has rejected pleas for Parliament to be recalled to discuss the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. Boris Johnson has been urged by more than 100 MPs from across the Commons to call Parliament back to address the “impending national...
Call for crackdown on junk food price deals
Health groups want restrictions on multi-buy promotions in a bid to tackle obesity.
Boris Johnson criticised as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's conditions worsen
PM has not met family of woman held in Iran jail where she can no longer call husband
A no-deal Brexit is disastrous. But are MPs brave enough to stop it? | Polly Toynbee
We now know the costs of crashing out of the EU. All factions must compromise, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
No-deal Brexit 'could cost farms £850m in profits'
A no-deal Brexit could be a greater challenge than BSE and foot-and-mouth, a researcher suggests.
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Will lose £850m in profits
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Corbyn: General election will stop Brexit 'crisis'
A general election would be the "change of direction" the UK needs, the Labour leader has said.
Boris Johnson accuses ex‑ministers over Brexit chaos leaks
Boris Johnson has accused Remain-supporting former ministers of leaking details of no-deal planning in an attempt to damage Brexit negotiations. A secret Whitehall dossier known as Operation...
Publishing research with P -values: Prescribe more stringent statistical significance or proscribe statistical significance?
For many decades’ inferences in millions of published papers depend on using P-values <0.05 to claim, ‘statistical significance’. Many methodologists, scient
Options for publishing research without any P -values
Given that P-values and the concept of statistical significance are so widely misused and misinterpreted,1 it has been repeatedly argued that different statisti
Mystery lung illness linked to vaping reported in nearly 100 people
Medical authorities say it is unclear whether patients will fully recover
Brexit latest news: Senior Tories urge Boris Johnson to call snap election to head off no confidence vote
Senior Brexiteers have urged Boris Johnson to call a snap election in a bid to head off Jeremy Corbyn and the Remainer MPs preparing to topple him next month.
Fracking and Shale Drilling Caused Spike in Climate-Warming Methane Pollution, Says New Study
Climate-changing pollution reached unprecedented levels in 2018. That's both judged against the last 60 years of modern measurements and against 800,000 years of data culled from ice cores, according to the U.S. government’s State of the Climate...
Britain faces shortages of fuel, food and medicine as no‑deal Brexit preparations are leaked
Britain faces shortages of fuel, food and medicine, a three-month meltdown at ports, a hard border with Ireland in event of no-deal Brexit
RSPH urges swift action over loss of ‘measles-free’ status
RSPH expresses concern to today’s announcement from the Government that the UK has lost its ‘measles-free’ status