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George Winter

Freelance Writer and Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science

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The problem of ultra-processed food in healthcare settings

‘industrial formulations of many ingredients, mostly of exclusive industrial use, that result from a sequence of industrial processes.’

Links between arthritis and diet

Qiao et al (2020), noted that type 2 diabetes is characterised by insulin resistance – a hyperinsulinaemic state distinguished by a reduced response to the hormone insulin. Hyperinsulinemia is an...

Handwashing and hospital wastewater systems

Despite reports implicating micro-organisms in carrying drug resistance genes from colonised sink traps to vulnerable hospitalised patients, the mechanism of transmission from the wastewater of the...

Statins: the risks and statistics

‘If clinicians are going to recommend statins to their patients, then their duty of care must extend to ensuring that the nature of absolute risk and relative risk is explained’ .

Hand hygiene: simplify the procedure and support staff to comply

‘Semmelweis's plea for extension was not granted and the concept of handwashing was not continually implemented after his departure from the obstetric clinic in 1849.’

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