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Globally, governments are still not doing enough to address the health and wellbeing harms from gambling, according to a world first review led by researchers the University of Glasgow. Globally, governments are still not doing enough to address the health and wellbeing harms from gambling, according to a world first review led by the University of Glasgow.

How doctors communicate with patients with obesity can have a significant impact on their weight loss success, according to a new University of Oxford study published in Annals of Internal Medicine . This pioneering study dives into uncharted waters by investigating not just that words matter, but how they matter over the short and long-term in a medical context.

University of Glasgow Scientists at the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute have discovered why the immune system is better at fighting flu than fighting cancer University of Glasgow Scientists at the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute have discovered why the immune system is better at fighting flu than fighting cancer.

People experiencing a psychotic episode for the first time are less likely to receive early psychological interventions in England if they are from an ethnic minority background, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Some groups were only half as likely to receive early treatment, which is important for improving outcomes later in life for people with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, according to the findings published in Psychiatry Research and led by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Mental Health Policy Research Unit at UCL.

One in seven people in the US reported having had long Covid by the end of 2022, suggests a large-scale investigation of long Covid and symptom prevalence by academics at UCL and Dartmouth. Having had long Covid is associated with anxiety and low mood, as well as an increased likelihood of continued physical mobility problems and challenges with memory, concentration or understanding, according to the findings published in PLOS ONE.

New study shows older and frail patients wait longer for emergency hospital care than younger patients A new study by the University of Warwick working with the Society for Acute Medicine has found that younger patients with simpler problems are waiting less time for assessments than frail patients with complex care needs.

A cancer drug currently in the final stages of clinical trials could offer hope for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory diseases, including gout, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and atrial fibrillation, say scientists at the University of Cambridge.

One of the most common byproducts of the burning of fossil fuels, phenanthrene, causes heart arrythmias in mice, proving for the first time it is toxic to mammals. The study, led by Professor Holly Shiels from The University of Manchester and funded by the British Heart Foundation, is published in the influential National Institute of Health journal Environmental Health Perspectives today (inert date).

Major international study describes brain pathology of domestic violence Published: 31 October 2023 A major international brain autopsy study of women who had experienced intimate partner violence reveals substantial damage in the brain, but no evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the neurodegenerative disease recognized among contact sports athletes who sustain repeated head trauma A major international brain autopsy study of wom

Discovery means potential protective treatments could be developed to block thrombosis from developing following vaccination. A mechanism that led some patients to experience cases of deadly clotting following some types of Covid-19 vaccination has been identified in new research.

Up to 1.7 million people could be living with dementia in England and Wales by 2040 - over 40% more than previously forecast - finds a new UCL-led study. Previous studies, based on data up to 2010, showed that dementia incidence had declined in high-income countries. However, the new research, published in The Lancet Public Health , indicates that dementia incidence started to increase in England and Wales after 2008.

Children who are the youngest in their class to be identified with ADHD are just as likely to keep the diagnosis as older pupils in their year group, scientists have found. Experts from the University of Southampton and Paris Nanterre University, working with researchers worldwide, made the discovery after examining data from thousands of patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

A newly discovered gene in the malaria parasite could be a good target for future drugs aimed at preventing disease transmission. The gene, discovered by Imperial College London researchers, is crucial for the development of the infectious stage of the malaria parasite. It also has unique features that could make it a good target for future drugs.

University of Southampton researchers have played a key role in the trial of a potential new treatment for a severe eye disease. Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare parasitic infectious disease of the eye, most frequently affecting individuals who wear disposable contact lenses. It causes the front surface of the eye, the cornea, to become painful and inflamed due to infection by Acanthamoeba - a cyst-forming microorganism.

A new study by professors at the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time how our bodies go into stress-mode when hearing misused grammar.

The first digital atlas showing how the human brain develops in the womb has been published by a global research team led by the University of Oxford. A team of over 200 researchers around the world, involving multiple health and scientific institutions, led by the University of Oxford, has today published, in the journal Nature , the first digital atlas showing the dynamics of normative maturation of each hemisphere of the fetal brain between 14 and 31 weeks' gestation - a critical period of human development.

A common cholesterol-lowering drug may improve outcomes for critically ill patients with COVID-19, while high dose vitamin C is ineffective. These are the latest findings to come from the REMAP-CAP study, the world's largest trial of multiple interventions for critically ill adults with COVID-19, led by Imperial College London and the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC) in the UK.

Tens of thousands of people in England may have lasting symptoms from COVID-19 more than a year after infection, new analysis reveals. The findings come from a representative sample of more than a quarter of a million people in England surveyed as part of the REACT study, who self-reported their symptoms and the impact of COVID-19 on their health and quality of life.

A landmark international study has identified a link between Rugby Union career length and the risk of the degenerative brain condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) A landmark international study has identified a link between Rugby Union career length and the risk of the degenerative brain condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

An estimated 95,000'167 ,000 inpatients at English National Health Service (NHS) hospitals caught SARS-CoV-2 while in hospital during England's 'second wave' of COVID-19, between June 2020 and March 2021, reports a study in Nature . The findings reveal the scale of hospital transmissions and highlight contributing factors, such as a limited number of single rooms.