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Top UK biomedical research funders support first-of-its-kind sex and gender policy in major sector turning point

11/12/2023

Twenty-nine organisations across the UK medical research community published a statement of intent today signalling their support for the introduction of dedicated sex and gender policies for biomedical, health and care research, in collaboration with The George Institute for Global Health’s Medical Science Sex and Gender Equity (MESSAGE) project.

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Choice of intravenous fluid therapy could improve survival in critically ill patients

30/11/2023

Findings from the BEST-Living Study were presented today at the Critical Care Canada Forum (CCCF 2023) and simultaneously published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

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Aussie kids exposed to aggressive food marketing that would be banned in Mexico

15/11/2023

A comprehensive analysis of on-pack marketing of foods sold in Australian supermarkets has revealed widespread, unregulated use of promotional techniques directly appealing to children - like cartoon characters - most commonly on unhealthy and ultra-processed foods associated with overweight and obesity.

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