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From the power of the gut microbiome to hidden patterns in X-rays and CT scans, researchers at Western University are making discoveries that drive impact in cancer prevention, treatment and recovery.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing ways to catch cancer earlier than ever before.

Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT), can dramatically improve cancer treatment, suggest two groundbreaking studies published in the prestigious Nature Medicine journal.

After decades of growth, the use of antimicrobials - including antibiotics - in livestock peaked in 2013 and then dropped by nearly a third by 2020, finds a major new study led by UCL researchers.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are revolutionizing medical care for diseases that impact millions of Americans and the treatments they develop could alleviate major public health challenges.

The use of medications for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has increased substantially across Europe over the past decade, with the steepest rises seen among adults - particularly women - according to a large population-based study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe .

In Austria, an average of 20 to 25 infections with the hantavirus, especially with the Puumala virus variant, are diagnosed each year, with more than 200 cases reported in some years.

Drug development is an arduous process that costs billions of dollars and can last for years or even decades.

A major international research project involving UCL is underway to test whether a finger prick-style blood test could be used to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, even before symptoms begin.

Men with high-risk locally advanced prostate cancer in England will soon be offered the drug abiraterone on the NHS, following landmark findings from the UCL-led STAMPEDE trial.

A newlywed has become the first NHS patient in England with an aggressive form of leukaemia to have a pioneering treatment developed by UCL researchers.

Future treatment for chronic health problems could be as simple as an annual doctor's appointment, due to advances in bioelectric medicine at Carnegie Mellon University.

What does a lack of knowledge about women's health actually mean? Here are five clear answers to why both research and the healthcare system must focus more on women's health - with insights from Prof

Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology Natal van Riel and Carlijn Bouten contribute to new treatments for heart disease.

There are indications that a simple finger-prick blood test could, in the future, detect Alzheimer's disease long before the first clinical symptoms become apparent.

A new study demonstrates the effectiveness of a widely-used eye injection to manage the previously untreatable rare condition, hypotony, in a project by clinical researchers at UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital.

Antibiotic resistance ranks among the greatest global health risks. A research team at Friedrich Schiller University Jena has now elucidated a previously unknown mechanism by which bacterial transport proteins precisely couple energy consumption to the expulsion of antibiotics.

Cambridge researchers have discovered that an existing therapy which boosts protective immune cells in people who recently had heart attacks reduces blood vessel inflammation and may reduce the likelihood of future heart attacks.

An evaluation by researchers from University of Manchester and ICF International provided lessons learned from the evaluation in terms of clinical governance, clinical supervision, skill mix, digital infrastructure and funding model.

An estimated 1.6 million adults in England, Wales and Scotland used drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro to help lose weight between early 2024 and early 2025, according to a new study by UCL researchers.

A Scottish patient has become the first person in the world to undergo a clinical trial that aims to improve outcomes for those having specialist heart surgery.

People prescribed the new generation of weight loss drugs may not receive sufficient nutritional guidance to support safe and sustainable weight loss, leaving them vulnerable to nutritional deficiencies and muscle loss, say experts at UCL and the University of Cambridge.

People prescribed the new generation of weight loss drugs may not receive sufficient nutritional guidance to support safe and sustainable weight loss, leaving them vulnerable to nutritional deficiencies and muscle loss, say experts at UCL and the University of Cambridge.

A drug mimicking the hormone progesterone has anti-cancer activity when used together with conventional anti-oestrogen treatment for women with breast cancer, a new Cambridge-led trial has found. In the two-week window that we looked at, adding a progestin made the anti-oestrogen treatment more effective at slowing tumour growth.

A major new centre, led by UCL researchers, will seek to improve how clinical trials are run, cutting years off the time it takes to bring life-saving treatments to patients.

A new UK-led research group, which includes UCL, aims to improve the lives of people with arthritis by defining for the first time what being in remission from the illness truly means. The Arcadia consortium, made up mainly of British universities, has been set up through £3 million of funding from charity Arthritis UK and is set to do clinical studies to try to accurately determine the true absence of disease.

Health Canada, U.S. FDA and European Medical Agency cite findings from AcT Trial for regulatory approval of new use for a known drug It was the largest acute stroke clinical trial ever

A landmark international research collaboration has launched the largest clinical trial ever conducted to test therapeutics for moderate-severe dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease that continues to spread rapidly driven by climate change and globalisation.

A team from the University of Geneva has developed in vitro organ models to test their sensitivity to novel cancer therapies. Overcoming acquired treatment resistance is one of the major challenges in the fight against cancer. While combination therapies hold promise, their toxicity to healthy tissue remains a major hurdle.

The trial will assess the safety and immune response of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine, developed by scientists from Oxford's  Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI) , in a region where the virus causes recurrent outbreaks.

PhD researcher Jaap van der Aar combines specialized AI models with data from sensors such as smartwatches, creating more accessible and precise ways to monitor and ultimately diagnose rare sleep disorders.

Economics Grief over the sudden death of a partner leads one in six surviving partners to experience such severe psychological distress that they begin taking sedatives or antidepressants. If the death also results in a noticeable loss of income, the share of widows and widowers using psychotropic medication is significantly higher.

Providing surgeons feedback and education on their performance significantly improved the quality of bladder cancer operations, finds a new clinical trial led by researchers at UCL, UCLH and the University of Edinburgh.