YouTube video by UofG MVLS Josie - St Andrews University – Public Health consultant.

Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals - Fellowship applications for 2026 now open!

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The UK's health and social care services are increasingly strained by rising demands and widening health inequalities. The government has decided to cut welfare benefits for people with disability,' with the minister for intergovernmental relations defending the cuts by saying you can't "tax and borrow your way out of the need to reform (the] state." This is in the world's sixth largest economy, where private fortunes continue to grow. Could taxing wealth be a viable approach to address these critical challenges and promote equity across the population? In simple terms a wealth tax is a tax on a person's or a business's assets, such as their cash and bank holdings, land, and other real estate. There are many ways to tax wealth, including one-off windfall taxes (for example, on a bank or fossil fuel profits) and annual taxes on assets." Proponents argue that wealth taxes are more equitable and reduce inequality, and are therefore justifiable in terms of social justice alone, that they are a counterweight to unfair economic advantages and excessive influence of the wealthy in politics.

Another editorial from this week’s @bmj.com.

By Kate Pickett and David Taylor Robinson.

A wealth tax in the UK could raise £60bn a year to tackle widening inequalities.

Perhaps we can no longer afford NOT to do it?

Link here:
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

#MedSky
#Inequalities
#SDOH
#WealthTax

UK Gov’s decision to cut International Aid is wrong on many levels & will have dire consequences for the world’s poorest.
Seeing it now impact on research & development collaborations with low & middle income countries as the UK National Institute for Health & Care Research NIHR haults Funding Call

Good to see early years supervised daily toothbrushing introduced in the most socioeconomically deprived areas in England.
We have been doing this on a universal not targeted basis in all nurseries in Scotland for the best part of 20 years www.childsmile.nhs.uk

More harm and chaos within the US federal research system An anonymous scientist updates on the situation in the US I work inside the US federal research system and The BMJ allowed me to publish an anonymous account of how science and certain populations ar...

This is frightening stuff - literally Orwellian - in Orwell’s novel 1984, Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, his job js to erase and edit hostory texts.
Here in @bmj.com an anonymous scientist in the US federal research system is forced to do the same with science www.bmj.com/content/388/...

‘O my friends, there are no friends’, 2011 by Sigalit Landau, memorial to 17 million Holocaust victims.

Incidence Trends in Head and Neck Cancer Subsites: A National Population-Based Study (2001-2020) - PubMed This analysis highlights that behind a stable HNC incidence rate over the past 20 years, there are differential trends among various anatomical divisions with an overall increasing burden of oropharyn...

Our Scottish Cancer Registry analysis shows that behind stable head & neck cancer incidence rates over the past 20 years, there are highly variable differential trends in anatomical subsites @clairepaterson.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social #MVLSCollege #GLAHNC
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Ultra-processed food? Forever chemicals? Declining birth rates? What’s behind rising cancer in the under-50s? Research into the disease has never been more far-reaching, but there is little consensus as to what is causing the rocketing rates of diagnosis in young adults In 2022, around 16% of the 20 million people with cancer worldwide were under 50. Cancer has…

Ultra-processed food? Forever chemicals? Declining birth rates? What’s behind rising cancer in the under-50s?

YouTube video by New Order New Order - Blue Monday (Official Lyric Video)

But it is a good tune…
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Great PhD opportunity with us at University of Glasgow Dental School
- Reducing oral health inequalities: improving participation of children with intellectual disabilities in the Childsmile supervised toothbrushing programme
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Looking forward to hosting to international MPH students specialising in dental public health at Dental School @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Oral Health Matters Welcome to Oral Health Matters, a brand new podcast from the Dental Public Health Group at University College London and presented by eminent dental public health expert Professor Richard Watt. In th...

If you need a good podcast for your Sunday or Monday (depending where you are), give this a listen:

In Ep 4 of #OralHealthMatters, Richard Watt speaks to Lisa Jamieson and David Conway about nurturing the next generation of #oralhealth researchers

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Per capita dental expenditures

🚨 $710 Billion: Economic Burden of Oral Diseases 🚨

Oral diseases cost the world a shocking $710 billion annually. As highlighted by WHO and the World Economic Forum, this figure underscores the urgent need for decisive policy action.

See our article 👉 shorturl.at/t2KPF

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Opposition to water fluoridation seems to stem from a vocal minority and now RFK Jr with his pending role in the Trump administration. They amplify mis-information and unsubstantiated claims about fluoride causing various health issues and eroding public trust in the same way as vaccinations.

Good to contribute to the discussion in this @thesundaytimes.bsky.social article on the case for Scotland to have water fluoridation