Baroness Gillian Merron, the Health Minister responsible for life sciences and innovation Department of Health and Social Care, toured some of @UCL’s life sciences facilities to see first-hand how research is helping to tackle some of the world’s biggest health challenges ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jul/…

Cold water swimming is growing in popularity amongst women, but more support is needed to make many wild swimming sites in the UK safer and more accessible, finds a new study led by Joyce Harper UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health UCL Population Health Sciences ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/aug/…

Researchers DRC@UCL UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology have welcomed the "momentous" MHRA decision to license the immunotherapy drug, Lecanemab, for use in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease - making it the first Alzheimer's treatment to be approved for use in Great Britain ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/aug/…

Mothers under the age of 20 are at greater risk of being involved in care proceedings in the 10 years after having their first child - with 1 in 15 affected - finds a report led by Dr Georgina Ireland & Prof Ruth Gilbert UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Nuffield Foundation ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/…

Over the past decade, the number of NHS general practices in England has fallen by 20% with 15% fewer qualified FTE GPs per 1000 patients - but the average practice patient list size has increased by 40%, finds a study involving Prof Prof Irene Petersen UCL Primary Care & Population Health ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/…

Newborn babies are born with a type of bacterium in their gut that could be used to develop new personalised infant therapeutic probiotics, finds a study involving Profs Nigel Field and Alison Rodger, and Cristina Garcia-Maurino Alcazar UCL Global Health ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/…

“This shows us the extent to which children’s cognition can continue to improve in the years after surgery": A study led by Dr Maria Eriksson UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health found that epilepsy surgery can reverse cognitive decline in children who become seizure free ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/…

Details of two new courses that will form part of the UK’s first menopause education and support programme have been published by UCL researchers including Joyce Harper, Dr Shema Tariq Dr Shema Tariq Legacy Account (on LinkedIn) & NickyKeayFitness UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health UCL Global Health DoM_UCL ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/…

📺 "We are going to get there": Prof Prof Cath Mummery DRC@UCL discusses #dementia trials and treatments with Sally Magnusson as part of her new BBC Scotland documentary, "Sally Magnusson: Alzheimer's, a Cure and Me". Watch on iPlayer now (from 59 mins 49 secs): bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

A clinical trial for children with an aggressive type of blood cancer, led by Dr Sara Ghorashian & her team UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, will run alongside an adult clinical trial for the first time, with the hope of developing more effective treatments ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/oct/…

Researchers UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL Cancer Institute and The Francis Crick Institute, including Imran Noorani, Professor Sonia Gandhi Gandhi_Lab and Professor Charles Swanton, have embarked on a new project named RAPID, to establish a causal link between air pollution and #dementia ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/oct/…

Almost nine in 10 young adults in the UK believe that removing a condom during sex without consent is sexual assault, and around half support prison time as a penalty, finds a new study led by Dr Farida Ezzat and Dr Geraldine Barrett UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/oct/…

People with atrial fibrillation who have a stroke could benefit from blood thinning treatments at an earlier stage than is currently recommended, finds a study led by UCL researchers including Professors David Werring UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Nick Freemantle UCL Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/oct/…

People are facing record-breaking health threats due to climate inaction, including continued investment in fossil fuels and lagging funding for action to protect health, finds the latest Lancet Countdown report led by Dr Marina Romanello UCL Global Health ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/oct/…

Factors such as education, occupation & wealth influence the likelihood of developing cognitive impairment or dementia in later life & whether a person is likely to recover, finds a study led by Ash_aswathikutty 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 She/her & Dr Dr Dorina Cadar UCL IEHC BSMS ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/nov/…

A new £9 million UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Life Course Health Equity, which is focused on tackling and reducing health inequalities in the UK, will be led by experts at UCL including Professor Yvonne Kelly and Professor Anne McMunn UCL IEHC ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/nov/…

🔊Professor Selina Wray 🙉 ▫ and Dr Ashvini Keshavan UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL Brain Sciences talk to James Gallagher on BBC Radio 4 Inside Health about mini brains, blood tests and the future of Alzheimer's treatment (from 11:35) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

The #GriersonAwards winner for Best Science Documentary goes to The Jennings vs Alzheimer’s 🌟 - presented by Aldo Kane

🌟 Congratulations to Professor Prof Cath Mummery, Professor Nick Fox, and Professor Sir John Hardy UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL Brain Sciences for highlighting the ground-breaking discoveries made by experts at DRC@UCL in the #GriersonAwards-winning documentary, The Jennings vs Alzheimer’s

📻“While employers are supportive at the beginning it tends to fade away as time goes on”: Professor Manuel Gomes UCL IEHC talks to Martin Stanford LBC News about his research into how long Covid could cost the economy billions each year (from 34 mins) globalplayer.com/live/lbcnews/u…