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AI AI-powered clinical documentation was meant to streamline work at Danish hospitals.

The UK's first comprehensive evaluation of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in breast cancer screening found that it can increase breast cancer detection by 10.4% and has the potential to reduce the workload of healthcare workers by more than 30% compared to the current clinical process.

Around one in five people in the UK and the US have the breathing disorder obstructive sleep apnoea, likely costing both economies billions in lost productivity every year, suggests a new paper led by a UCL researcher.

Wealth inequality has bedeviled society for centuries, and in many places around the globe, the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to grow.

A simple, digital intervention that includes mentally playing Tetris can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of being symptom-free after six months, new research has found. Healthcare workers across the world are recurrently exposed to traumatic events in the course of their work, impacting the mental and physical wellbeing of those who care for us when we are unwell Charlotte Summers Using 'mental rotation,' the treatment was also very effective at reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more generally.

The demolition part of the Double Deck project began in July 2025 and was completed in the fall. It was a complex phase of work that presented some unique technical - and organizational - challenges.

Restricted access to healthcare appointments during typical working hours leads to poorer health-related quality of life, a University of Manchester led study has found.

Politics Career pressure - not ideology - causes military officers to protect or overthrow dictators. New research from the Department of Political Science shows that ambition and anxiety can transform 'ordinary men' into the regime's ruthless henchmen - or into those who bury the regime. Why do some people become the dictators' most brutal agents?

New research published in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy by University of Valencia professors of Applied Economics José Manuel Pavía and Josep Lledó challenges one of the pillars of the public debate on pensions in Spain: their progressivity.

Carnegie Mellon University senior Solomon Wechter combined both lowand high-tech research techniques in his work on a psychology study about couples and alcohol use disorder.

Evidence of a possible Roman siege is among the most ground-breaking archaeological finds of 2025.

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Two leading UCL health academics were invited to Westminster to discuss their research as part of a roundtable exploring strategies to retain NHS staff, particularly those from diverse and ethnic minority backgrounds.

A major new study by UCL researchers has revealed the challenges faced by London's 1.3m night workers, including pay inequality, health problems, transport difficulties, safety concerns and a lack of workplace dignity. Night workers, those who typically work between 6pm and 6am, make up around a quarter of London's 5.3m workforce and 16% of the UK's night workforce.