Background: There is evidence to suggest that insufficient sleep may have an adverse effect
on physical and psychological health. Previous studies have reported that when adjusting …

Background The Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with intellectual
disabilities in England was commissioned to provide evidence about contributory factors to …

Background Mencap’s report Death by Indifference described the circumstances surrounding
the deaths of six people with learning disabilities who died while they were in the care of …

Background People with intellectual disabilities (IDs) die at younger ages than the general
population, but nationally representative and internationally comparable mortality data about …

Disabled people are regularly denied their human rights, since policies and laws are hard
to translate literally into practice. This article aims to make connections between social …

Objectives: To examine the association between self perceived psychological stress and
cardiovascular disease in a population where stress was not associated with social …

Type II topoisomerases are required for the management of DNA superhelicity and chromosome
segregation, and serve as frontline targets for a variety of small-molecule therapeutics. …

While there is a longitudinal literature that considers the impact of poor socio-economic
circumstances upon health, the more specific impact of poor housing upon health is much less …

Many studies have suggested that occupational stress may be related to the development of
cardiovascular disease (CVD), independently of other known risk factors. Despite the …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between risk factors for
coronary heart disease (CHD) and perceived stress, adjusted for socio‐economic position. …