Health inequalities are worsening in the North East of England.

Background: The North of England, particularly the North East (NE), has worse health (e.g. 2 years lower life expectancy) and higher health inequalities compared to the rest of England.

Quantifying the association between tuberculosis and diabetes in the US: a case-control analysis.

Historically, an association between tuberculosis and diabetes was recognised clinically, and the recent global rise in diabetes prevalence has reignited interest. We therefore quantified the tuberculosis-diabetes association using US survey data. A case-control analysis was performed using cross-sectional data from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1976-1980; civilian non-institutionalised US population aged 20-74).