Is vaping as harmful as smoking?
UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
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Most smokers wrongly believe vaping is at least as harmful as smoking
More than half of smokers in England wrongly believe that vaping is more harmful or as harmful as smoking, according to a new study led by UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/feb/most-smokers-wrongly-believe-vaping-least-harmful-smoking
UK cancer treatment falls behind other countries
People in the UK were treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy less often than in comparable countries and faced long waits for treatments, according to two new studies led by UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/feb/uk-cancer-treatment-falls-behind-other-countries
Avid appetite in childhood linked to later eating disorder symptoms
An enthusiastic response to food in early childhood may be linked to a higher likelihood of experiencing eating disorder symptoms in adolescence, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and Erasmus University Rotterdam: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/feb/avid-appetite-childhood-linked-later-eating-disorder-symptoms
Long and irregular work hours may impair sleep
People who have atypical work patterns, such as shift workers and those who work on the weekend, have worse quality and quantity of sleep, compared to those who work a typical 35-40 hour week, finds a new study led by UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/feb/long-and-irregular-work-hours-may-impair-sleep
Office for Students uses UCL research to identify risk to equality of opportunity for young carers
The Office for Students has added Young Carers to its Risk Register, citing UCL IEHC research: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/news/2024/feb/office-students-uses-ucl-research-identify-risk-equality-opportunity-young-carers
Nearly 10 million households in crisis due to health inequity from cold homes
The lack of meaningful action to tackle Britain’s cold homes over the last decade has intensified existing inequalities – with many millions of households now at the point of crisis, finds a new report led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/feb/nearly-10-million-households-crisis-due-health-inequity-cold-homes