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The UK soft drinks industry levy, which was introduced in 2018, may have reduced the number of under 18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12%, finds a new study co-authored by a UCL researcher. The research, published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health , found that the largest reductions were in children aged up to nine years old and estimated that more than 5,500 hospital admissions for tooth extraction may have been prevented each year.

On November 6, Workplace Health officially reopened in its new office space in Bidborough House, close to UCL's Bloomsbury campus.

UCL does not allow "throttle" electric bicycles, or any type of e-scooter or e-unicycle to be brought into UCL buildings.

You can now report safety concerns and accidents via Inside UCL. Reporting a hazard or dangerous situation in your workplace will now take just three minutes.

A quarter of Year 13 students in England have sought some form of mental health support in the last year, yet many struggle to access help, finds a new national study led by UCL researchers.

The MyCampus system pilot is now live in six buildings, ahead of being rolled out across UCL. Staff and students can report maintenance issues, track progress and feed back on how the system is working. What do I need to know?   MyCampus is an integrated workplace management system (IWMS), of the type used by many large organisations, which provides a single source of truth for all Estates data to inform decision-making on the operational requirements of UCL's estate.

Four women have successfully had combined surgery, in which they gave birth by caesarean section and at the same time had surgery to reduce their risk of ovarian cancer, thanks to a team of researchers and clinicians at UCLH and UCL.

A list of 3,000 unique dishes served to King George III at Kew Palace and the Prince Regent, George IV at Carlton House between 1788-1813 has been compiled by a team involving a UCL researcher. Published in  Food & History by a team based at UCL, University of Birmingham, Leeds Beckett University and the University of Essex, the result is an in-depth database of food eaten by the two kings, which includes the unique dishes, as well as 40,000 served dishes.

A new pilot scheme to monitor infections in care homes across England is being co-led by UCL researchers.

Digging new ponds and resurrecting old "ghost ponds" can be done by landowners to revitalise biodiversity in natural and farmland landscapes, say UCL researchers in a new how-to guide for turning degraded ponds into thriving ecosystems. The manual, developed by the UCL Pond Restoration Research Group in conjunction with the Freshwater Habitats Trust and Norfolk Ponds Project, is designed to help landowners, farmers and other stewards of the land to manage existing ponds, restore degraded ponds and determine the best ways to create new ones.

The sun is rising on a new era of energy and the time to embrace it is now, writes Dr Nadia Ameli (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) alongside Dr Femke Nijsse and Dr Jean-Francois Mercure of the University of Exeter in The Conversation.

A drug candidate, based on pioneering UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital research and currently under development by SIFI S.p.A., has been found to be highly effective in treating a rare sight-threatening eye infection in a new international clinical trial. The findings, published in  Ophthalmology , describe the efficacy and safety of the first drug candidate for the treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), applying a novel and evidence-based treatment protocol.

A message from Donna Dalrymple, UCL's Chief People Officer. Dear colleagues,  We are delighted to share the institutional LGBTQ+ action plan with our university community.

Interdisciplinary team from UCL recognised with prestigious photography prize for their work to develop new techniques to view the internal workings of human organs.

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A course of treatment with existing drugs prior to chemoradiation led to a 35% reduction in the risk of death or return of cancer, in trial results presented by researchers from UCL and UCLH.

Are you a budding journalist, with a keen eye for detail and the passion for producing a captivating news story? Then we have two exciting opportunities to become either a Student Journalist or join the Content Writers Pool.

The world may have crossed a "tipping point" that will inevitably make solar power our main source of energy, finds a new study by researchers at UCL and the University of Exeter.

Policy responses to the cost of living crisis are falling short by not accounting for differences in how people experience the crisis, and by not addressing the root causes of rising deprivation in the UK, found a recent mini-commission led by UCL researchers.

By building a digital twin of its lab with virtual reality, a research group led by Dr Stephen Hilton (UCL School of Pharmacy) is able to train 10 times the number of students, while making science more accessible to local schools.

Integrated health care for chronic high-burden conditions in sub-Saharan Africa is feasible and health services could deliver high-quality services for less cost than with the current approach of separate vertical care for each condition, a new study led by UCL researchers shows. Presently, health care services for non-communicable conditions such as diabetes and hypertension are fragmented and the quality of care is inequitable when compared with services for HIV.