Reducing health inequalities in your local area: a toolkit for clinicians - BMA

Stroke risk is primarily linked to differences in traditional stroke risk factors, like diabetes and high blood pressure, rather than ethnicity, according to findings from a new south London study conducted at King's College London.

IntroductionPrecision medicine is an innovative approach to healthcare that tailors disease prevention and treatment to individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle [1]. This rejects the “one size fits all” notion and seeks to develop tailored approaches for more effective treatment. Integral to this are advances in genomic technology that enables early disease detection and personalised treatments, such as using genotype information to determine the serious side-effects of carbamazepine and improving cancer outcomes through genomic profiling [2, 3]. However, there are concerns that advances in precision medicine, in particular genomics, are exacerbating health inequalities, particularly among certain ethnic groups. These groups often have limited access to precision medicine services and are underrepresented in research [4, 5]. Addressing these health inequalities is crucial to ensure that advancements in precision medicine benefit everyone. Although the 10-year strategy “Genome UK: the future of healthcare” is a radical vision of genomic medicine in the UK health service, but it does not directly consider how to tackle health inequalities.

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Study shows that the sweet protein Brazzein could help reduce blood sugar spikes caused by eating ice cream. A new study has shown how the sweet protein brazzein could help reduce blood sugar spikes, the Science Alert news outlet reported. Brazzein is a natural protein originally found in the West African oubli plant, but now largely produced through a fermentation process. It is known for its intense sweetness and has long been eyed as a potential sugar alternative. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Global health’s defining testlist 2 of 3‘Poor bear the impact’: Sugar prices soar in India, souring festive seasonlist 3 of 3Can GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic cause vision loss? What we know about the riskend of listResearchers at Russia’s Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety conducted a test on 101 adults living with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). The condition, where fat builds up in the liver, is often associated with diabetes and obesity. The study, published in the Clinical Nutrition ESPEN journal, was a randomised trial that focused on ice cream.