If current trends continue, 1 in 3 children will be living with obesity by 2050.
On #WorldObesityDay, the Research Consortium for School Health & Nutrition explore the untapped potential of #SchoolMeals for reducing diet-related illness
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🍟 Learn how unhealthy commodity consumption is becoming a pervasive #PublicHealth problem and its drivers, including how corporate actors shape wider systems to support this
Join our @lshtm.bsky.social running from 17-19 June 2026
Apply by 17 May 🔽
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Skin diseases affect billions yet remain under-prioritised in global health.
We’re proud that Prof Sinéad Langan will co-chair the first-ever @thelancet.com Commission on Skin Health 📜
A pivotal moment for #SkinHealth & #Dermatology ⬇️
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Interested in studying @lshtm.bsky.social?
Join our upcoming Virtual Open Days where you can attend live webinars and Q&A sessions with our programme directors & students to find out what makes LSHTM a leader in #GlobalHealth education
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Interested in studying @lshtm.bsky.social?
Join our upcoming Virtual Open Days where you can attend live webinars and Q&A sessions with our programme directors & students to find out what makes LSHTM a leader in #GlobalHealth education
Book your place: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-...
Webinar tomorrow 💻
Our panel featuring researchers from LSHTM, MSF and Moi University will discuss the #ethics dilemmas & challenges in undertaking research in #humanitarian settings on NCDs
⭐ Part of our NCDs in Humanitarian Settings Hub's webinar series: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
His Majesty The King shakes hands with Professor Liam Smeeth in a CBE ceremony at Windsor Castle.
LSHTM Director Liam Smeeth receives CBE from His Majesty The King
Professor Smeeth hails the award as "recognition of the great work done by LSHTM in contributing to health and health equity worldwide.”
#PublicHealth
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New research shows that keyhole surgery for #ColonCancer is not reaching those it would benefit most
@icon-lshtm.bsky.social researchers say that increasing use of #KeyholeSurgery for patients considered high-risk could save lives & NHS resources
Read more ⬇️
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Welcome to the official Health Policy & Planning Bluesky account, published by @oupprimary.bsky.social in partnership with the @lshtm.bsky.social.
Follow us for share research, insights, and debate on health systems, policy, and planning from across the globe.
Pink and purple rectangular graphic with inset image of a student studying at a laptop and text reading: Online short course: Statistical analysis with missing data using multiple imputation
Want to tackle one of the biggest challenges in real-world data analysis?
Learn how to handle missing & incomplete datasets using principled methods, ideal for epidemiologists, biostatisticians & health researchers ready to boost the impact of their analyses.
Runs 23–25 June 2026
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🧵1/ England’s 2026 national cancer plan sets ambitious goals. Earlier diagnosis, personalised care, and faster access to innovation. But our new @bmj.com piece with Bernard Rachet & Ajay Aggarwal, argues that it reads less like a health strategy and more like an industrial strategy.
Survival outcomes and risks among patients in the Treat-to-Target Urate-Lowering Treatment(T2T ULT) and Non-T2T ULT Arms. Weighted event-free survival for MACE and control outcomes are represented using survival curves and forest plots.
Among patients with #Gout, achieving serum urate <6 mg/dL with urate-lowering therapy was associated with lower 5-year risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, especially for those at high cardiovascular risk. ja.ma/3OhcTr7
Medicines that treat #gout by targeting blood urate levels have been found to also reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a landmark study 💊
Published in @jamainternalmed.com, this is the first large-scale real-world study on this topic
Read more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Could school health check-ups improve #adolescent health in Zimbabwe?
@lshtm.bsky.social's Dr Doyle & Dr Nzvere discuss learnings from the Y-Check programme, a multi-country study led by the @who.int, which strives to address gaps between adolescents & healthcare.
🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Millions issued statins update
Emily Herrett comments in Daily Express on @ox.ac.uk study on #statins saying that while many fear side effects the study shows chances of symptoms being caused by statins are "very low".
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2166...
#Diabetes medicine could save thousands more lives a year
Patrick Bidulka explains how patient data can complement randomised control trials as study with @ucl.ac.uk supports use of SGLT-2 inhibitors alongside metformin as 1st line treatment for type 2 diabetes.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
👩🔬 For International Day Of Women And Girls In Science #IDWGS2026, we spoke to @icon-lshtm.bsky.social member @wendesafari.bsky.social
Find out about her journey from Tanzania to research in childhood cancer @lshtm.bsky.social & her advice to women in #STEM
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Ahead of World Cancer Day, research funded by @cancerresearchuk.org led by @camaringe.bsky.social and @manuelaquaresma.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social shows that keyhole surgery for colon cancer is not reaching those who could benefit most.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4tfn4N5
New cancer plan aiming for 75% five-year survival in England is a vital step forward.
ICON researchers at @lshtm.bsky.social, Dr Suping Ling and Prof Bernard Rachet, welcome the strong focus on reducing inequalities but urged caution on some of the plan’s ambitious targets.
👉 bit.ly/4kh2oQR
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