Scotland launches landmark trial of free weight-loss jabs
BBC - 01-Nov-20255,000 deprived Scots to trial new obesity drugs in Glasgow
Equality in Longevity
Equality in Longevity News
UK sees record rise in elderly population as male longevity increases
Independent - 21-Oct-2025Men aged 90+ in the UK have more than doubled since 2004, boosting the total elderly population
Growing apart while growing old: How education shapes biological ageing
Live Forever Club - 17-Sep-2025Those with more education often live healthier and longer lives
Women in poor UK areas live shorter, less healthy lives
Independent - 04-Jul-2025Future health care could improve these numbers, but big differences remain
Action needed to address men’s health crisis in England
Independent - 24-Apr-2025Health leaders call for public input on a national strategy to close the life expectancy gap
Equality in Longevity Resources
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Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women’s Health and What We Can Do About It
Book about the dangers of medicine for women, as well as a manual for how women can get the right care for their bodies written by Alyson McGregor
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Independent body that examines and reports on ethical issues in biology and medicine
Institute of Health Equity (IHE)
Established by UCL to develop and support approaches to health equity
Equality in Longevity Blog Posts
19-Apr-2018
Inequality and Threat
A look at the risk of inequality between rich and poor being polarised to extreme
