Expert opinions cover heart disease migraines Salisbury and World Sleep Day

In an article for The Conversation, Dr Tom Webb and Professors Alison Goodall and Shu Ye have discussed possible reasons why age is such as strong risk factor for heart disease.

• Read the full article, 'CHIP - an important risk factor for heart attack you’ve probably never heard of', hosted on Think: Leicester here

In an article for The Conversation, Dr Katherine Foxhall has discussed historical attitudes towards migraines.

• Read the full article 'Drilling holes in the skull was never a migraine cure – here’s why it was long thought to be' hosted on Think: Leicester here

Dr Rob Dover has written about the poisoning of the former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in the Salisbury case.

• Read the article 'Evaluating Salisbury' hosted on Think: Leicester

On World Sleep Day (16 March), Professor Jim Horne answers the important question: are we really getting enough sleep?

• Read the article 'Sleep – when is enough, enough?' hosted on Think: Leicester

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