“The paper by Crits-Christoph and others is a high quality set of studies, representing a detailed analysis of a major public dataset, released earlier this year by Chinese workers. The conclusions in ...

‘Comparative effects of drug interventions for the acute management of migraine episodes in adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis’ by William K Karlsson et al. was published in The BMJ ...

Scientists comment on the new COVID-19 variant, XEC. Prof Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology and Director, UCL Genetics Institute, UCL, said: What is XEC?

A study published in the Lancet Regional Health – Europe looks at food processing and the risk of type 2 diabetes. Prof Janet Cade, Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health, University ...

A study published in Nature Genetics looks at AstraZeneca’s AI tool that could predict up to 1000 diseases before diagnosis. Prof Dusko Ilic, Professor of Stem Cell Sciences, King’s College London ...

“The latest KCMHR study finds that whilst the majority (around two-thirds) of serving and former armed service personnel do not experience high rates of mental health problems such as anxiety, ...

“The Academy of Medical Sciences welcomes Lord Darzi FMedSci’s comprehensive and insightful investigation into the state of the NHS in England. This timely report provides a clear-eyed assessment of ...

“This press release appears to overstate the findings of this current study. The study shows that post lockdown female brains overall demonstrated greater than expected cortical thinning but not that ...

Scientists comment on annual statistics on animal research, published by the Home Office. Professor Clare Stanford (UCL), Chair of the Animal Science Group, said: ...

An unpublished conference abstract presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) looks at the association between being a ‘night owl’ and risk of higher ...

“Statins have transformed prevention of future heart attacks and strokes. Numerous clinical trials over the last decades have shown strong evidence for their routine use in people at high risk of ...

An unpublished conference abstract presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress 2024 looks at the association between exercise performance and vaping/smoking. Rachel Richardson, Manager at ...