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Campaign highlights tobacco industry tactics used to influence public health policy

The World Health Organization (WHO) officially launched the ‘Stop the lies’ campaign on November 16, 2023. The initiative aims to protect young people from the tobacco industry by calling for an end...

Tools designed to improve the treatment of head and neck cancer

A University of Kentucky (UK) researcher is working to develop new techniques for radiation treatment to improve survival rates of patients with a specific type of cancer.

Invest in the patient experience

Nicolas Coomber offers advice on how to build rapport.

Seven countries, 1.3m lives lost – the devastating impact of tobacco revealed

Every year 1.3m lives are lost to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across the UK, US, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, according to a new Cancer Research UK study. 

Getting on track to achieve the UK's smokefree vision

The backbench All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Smoking and Health launched its manifesto for a Smokefree future on November 9, 2023, calling on the government to make Big Tobacco pay to deliver...

Using automation

Kate Scheer discusses the maintenance of handpieces.

Quitting smoking cuts your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 30–40 per cent

The brief, jointly developed by WHO, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the University of Newcastle, unveils quitting smoking can lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by as much...

A cost-effective solution

Nicolas Coomber considers the options available for patients who desire aesthetic results.

Remain diligent

Hannah Burrow discusses how to keep compliant, even during routine treatment.

Working with ADHD

Hannah Burrow looks at how to manage the condition in the workplace.

Preparing for the future

The Dentist talks to Emily Johnston about the current state of dental hygiene.

Soft drinks levy linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth extraction

The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced the number of under-18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12 per cent, suggests research published in BMJ Nutrition,...

Association says it is time to double down on the sugar tax

The British Dental Association (BDA) has said the new evidence on the huge gains made in the fight against tooth decay secured by the sugar levy shows how the government must remain willing to force...

Association urges new team at the Department of Health for dentistry reforms

With change at the top of the Department of Health and Social Care, the British Dental Association (BDA) has stressed that real urgency and ambition are required to ensure NHS dentistry has a future.

Society writes to the secretary of state for health to highlight the impact of sugar on children’s health

At the start of Sugar Awareness Week (13–19 November 2023), Professor Paula Waterhouse, BSPD’s president, wrote to the new secretary of state for health and social care to congratulate her on the new...