Health inequality kills – and now is the time to close the gap

Michael Marmot — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Overcoming the health gaps that kill and distort lives globally will be tough, but we must try, says the new head of the World Medical Association

Michael Marmot forecasts the future

Michael Marmot — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:20:00 +0000

In a world where non-infectious diseases are the major disease burden, the key to understanding and improving health is in the mind. The mind is the mediator between the social environment and behaviours that affect health. Simply telling people to adopt a healthy lifestyle will not make a dent.

Advances will only come when we better understand how the environment of early childhood shapes how people interact with the world in which they grow up, live and work. In adult life, too, the mind is central to improving health. It is also the central processor that translates environmental threats into the bodyâs stress reactions. Understanding how this works and, hence, what we can do about it will be a major advance over coming decades.

Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 Years â” find many more in our exclusive Special Report. You can also have your say on what the biggest breakthrough of the next 50 years will be, in our

Rich and poor – the unequal struggle

Michael Marmot — Wed, 24 May 2006 18:00:00 +0000

No matter how wealthy our society becomes, the bigger the gap is between rich and poor, the worse it is for people's health, says Michael Marmot

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Health inequality kills – and now is the time to close the gap

Michael Marmot forecasts the future

Rich and poor – the unequal struggle