The aim of new technologies, such as the PREVENTOMICS interventional studies, is often to improve health outcomes. However, these technologies might also incur costs. By combining these costs and benefits in a cost-effectiveness analysis, we can see how much money will have to be spent to achieve a particular health outcome. The results of this…

In recent years, the prevalence of overweight/obesity has been increasing in our societies. This worldwide and “modern” disease makes us more prone to suffer from other pathologies such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, depression, gastrointestinal disorders and chronic pain. More concretely, when the combination of obesity and pain appear, thus worsen the patient’s functional…

May personalised medicine rings you a bell; it is an “emerging practice of medicine that uses an individual’s genetic profile to guide decisions made regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease” according to the National Human Genome Research Institute. As we are    deeply entering into a new personalisation era in medical terms spurred by…

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton conducted a study to identify whether tailored dietary advice is superior to usual dietetic advice in promoting a reduction in waist circumference, weight loss, body fat and favourable changes in metabolism in individuals with overweight and obesity. We interviewed Dr Ella Baker, research fellow, and Dr…