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Supporting breastfeeding for healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
Dr Ioana Vlad, our Senior Policy Research Manager, looks at why investment in policies to promote, protect and support breastfeeding is a win for all

Triple bowel cancer tragedy drives the Beard and the Twiglet on
When James Radford, aka the Beard, got married it was one of the happiest days of his life. But someone was missing from that special day

We applaud launch of 10-year Health Plan, but there are still shortcomings
While the UK government’s big health announcement had some good points, we think they could do much more
More research into colorectal cancer
Examining the link between lifestyle, immune-related tumour characteristics and colorectal cancer recurrence
How lifestyle and immune-related tumour characteristics impact the recurrence of large bowel cancer, with the goal of developing personalised prevention guidelines
Insulin resistance as driver of myosteatosis in colorectal cancer
This study explores if insulin resistance drives fat accumulation in muscles, and worsen the prognosis of people with colorectal cancer
Reducing sedentary behaviour after colorectal and renal cancer
The aim of this study is assess whether and how reducing sedentary behaviour is related to adiposity, fatigue and quality of life in people after treatment for colorectal and renal cancer.