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Fruit and veg prescribed to low-

income families in NHS trial

FRUIT and vegetables are being
prescribed to low-income families
in a pilot scheme targeting health
inequalities and poverty-related
hunger for those hit hardest by
the cost of living crisis.
Vouchers for fresh produce are
being distributed to around 120
people in some of London's most
deprived areas, on assessment of
the risk to their health from being
forced to cut back on spending at
Over a billion people risk of the green grocer’s.
Recipients will be given a week-
going deaf from listening to ly sum of up to £8 with an additi-
onal £2 per family member over
headphones too loud 12 months as part of an initiative prices have pushed charities and kes sense that people will priori-
by local charities and NHS pro-
viders in the boroughs of Tower the health service to devise ways tise being full rather than being
MORE than 1 billion young people hers estimate that the global number Hamlets and Lambeth. to protect the most vulnerable healthy, but this only stores up
are at risk of hearing loss due to the of teens and young adults who could The Alexandra Rose Charity, from the adverse affects of shrin- problems for the future.
widespread use of headphones as potentially be at risk of hearing loss which strives to improve access king budgets. “Diet-related ill health is cos-
well as ultra loud live music venues, as a result ranges from 670million to healthy food across Britain, is “Fruit and veg on prescription ting the NHS billions every year,
scientists warn. An international to 1.35billion. The report concluded: running the £250,000 scheme in is an idea [for which the] time has but more importantly, it is limi-
team of academics made the estima- 'There is an urgent need for govern- tandem with the Bromley by Bow
te after reviewing more than 30 stu- ments, industry, and civil society to Centre in Tower Hamlets, one come,” said Jonathan Pauling, ting the life chances of people on
dies in 20 countries involving nearly prioritize global hearing loss preven- of the earliest pioneers of social chief executive at Alexandra Rose low incomes. We hope that the
20,000 people aged 12 to 34. tion by promoting safe listening pra- prescribing, and by The Beacon Charity. fruit and veg on prescription pro-
They concluded that between a ctices.' Over-stimulating tiny hairs Project in Lambeth. “When calories from unhealt- ject will make a healthy diet ea-
quarter and half of people regularly in the ears by listening to loud music The devastating impact of ri- hy food are three times cheaper sier to access for people who are
listen to devices and go to concerts can cause permanent damage. sing households bills and food than healthy alternatives, it ma- struggling.”
where music is played at unsafe le- In each ear, the inner ear structure
vels. Volume under 80 decibels is called the cochlea – which receives
considered safe for adults while 75 sound in the form of vibrations –
decibels has been deemed safe for has 15,000 hairs. These tiny, sensory ‘15 minutes of exercise a week lowers the risk of
children. Hearing experts say that hair cells are crucial to helping us de- death among breast cancer survivors by up to 60%’
volume over 85 decibels is likely to tect sound waves – but are very fra-
cause hearing damage. Yet up to half gile. The hair cells do not regenerate,
of people were regularly listening to so damage to them is permanent — EVEN a little bit of regular or the study’s end in April this deemed insufficiently active.
volume as high as 1112 decibels. a common cause among people with exercise could lower the risk of year. But the study, which was pub-
Based on the analysis, the researc- some types of hearing loss. death among survivors of breast The activity questionnaire lo- lished in JAMA Network Open,
cancer by 60 per cent, new rese- oked at exercise of at least 15 found that a 60 per cent decre-
arch shows. The study, by scien- minutes duration over a typical ased risk of death was similar
‘Good cholesterol may not tists in California, looked at 315 week. among active and moderately ac-
postmenopausal breast cancer
Participants, whose average tive groups.
be good for everyone’ survivors who had received their age was 71, were put into three The researchers are now urging
initial diagnosis at least two years groups based on the amount of for exercise to be incorporated
before.
exercise they did — active, mo-
Researchers conducted baseli- derately active or insufficiently into care plans given that ‘even
moderate activity may be vital for
“GOOD” cholesterol may not & Science University, in a statement.
be as effective in uniformly predic- In the new study, researchers re- ne interviews between 2013 and active. People who did less than extending survival’.
2015, and participants were fol-
15 minutes of continuous exerci-
ting the risk of heart disease across viewed data from 23,901 US adults lowed up until either their death se over a seven-day period were Breast cancer is one of the most
adults from different racial and et- who participated in the Reasons for common cancers in the world.
hnic backgrounds, according to a Geographic and Racial Differences Each year in the UK there are
new study. The research, published in Stroke Study (REGARDS). From more than 55,000 new cases are
on Monday in the Journal of the the data, scientists could assess how diagnosed with the disease clai-
American College of Cardiology, su- cholesterol levels from Black and ming 11,500 lives. The authors
ggests lower levels of high density white middle-aged adults without of the most recent study, from
lipoproteins or HDL cholesterol – of- heart disease who lived throughout the Kaiser Permanente Southern
ten called “good” cholesterol – were the US overlapped with future car- California, said: ‘The protective
associated with increased risks for diovascular events. Higher than effect of physical activity on risk
heart attacks in white but not black optimal amounts of “good” choles- of developing breast cancer is
adults. The study found that higher terol may not provide cardiovascu- known.
levels were not protective for either lar benefits for either group as well, ‘However, its effect after breast
racial group. Earlier studies shaping the study noted. Researchers call for cancer diagnosis remains cont-
perceptions about “good” cholesterol future research with diverse popula- roversial. It has been suggested
levels and heart health were condu- tions to explore these connections. both moderate and strenuous
cted in the 1970s through research “When it comes to risk factors for exercise have comparable bene-
with a majority of white adult study heart disease, they cannot be limited fits. ‘But survival outcomes have
participants, said scientists, inclu- to one race or ethnicity. They need to been studied rarely among pa-
ding those from the Oregon Health apply to everyone,” Dr Pamir said. tients with cancer...”