• One size does not fit all: implementation of interventions for non-communicable diseases
• Judy Levi
• Peter Robert Bradley Pedlow
• Prioritising action on alcohol for health and development
• Cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease: clinical management and prevention
• A third of premature deaths in England are linked to social inequality, study finds

One size does not fit all: implementation of interventions for non-communicable diseases

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are recognised to be a major barrier to human health and development, and there have been global policy commitments to prevent and control them.1 Most notably, NCDs...

Judy Levi

bmj;367/dec06_10/l6826/FAF1faJudy Levi had a full and sometimes challenging life. She retired in 1991 from University College Hospital, where she supervised breastfeeding practice on the labour ward,...

Peter Robert Bradley Pedlow

bmj;367/dec06_9/l6820/FAF1faPeter Robert Bradley Pedlow was born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, into a medical family. He attended Campbell College before studying medicine.Peter married Nessa in 1957,...

Prioritising action on alcohol for health and development

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)?mainly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, and mental health conditions?are now the dominant cause of death and disabilities...

Cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease: clinical management and prevention

ABSTRACTAlzheimer?s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the accumulation of amyloid ? in the form of extracellular plaques and by intracellular neurofibrillary...

A third of premature deaths in England are linked to social inequality, study finds

Almost 900 000 deaths in England over the past decade and a half have occurred prematurely because of social inequalities, a study has concluded.1Researchers at University College London examined...