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After nearly doubling during the 20th century, the rate of increase in life expectancy has slowed considerably in the last three decades, according to a new study. Despite frequent breakthroughs in medicine and public health, life expectancy at birth in the world’s longest-living populations has increased only an average of six and a half years [...]
Common breast cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, may accelerate the biological ageing process in breast cancer survivors, a study suggests. The findings show that markers of cellular aging—such as DNA damage response, cellular senescence, and inflammatory pathways—significantly increased in all breast cancer survivors, regardless of the type of treatment received. This suggests that the [...]
UCL will lead a £17 million surgical imaging hub to improve cancer detection and take part in a £12 million collaboration to help solve age and disability-related mobility issues, in a major funding award from the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The UCL Optical and Acoustic Imaging for Surgical and Interventional Sciences [...]
Wrist-worn voice recorders have been found to be a useful intervention in better understanding what happens when people lose their balance. A study has concluded that, among older adults, voice recorders are effective at capturing the circumstances and context in which they lost their balance and potentially fell, without relying on recall later. The study, [...]
Toddlers in the UK obtain nearly half (47 per cent) of their calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), and this rises to 59 per cent by the age of seven, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the European Journal of Nutrition, looked at data from 2,591 children born in [...]
A pill form of the drug dronabinol, a synthetic version of marijuana’s main ingredient, THC, has been found to reduce agitation by 30 per cent in patients with Alzheimer’s. The researchers say that compared to current treatments for agitation, such as antipsychotics, dronabinol produced similar calming effects without adverse results such as delirium or seizures. [...]
Hundreds of babies have begun to be tested for over 200 rare genetic conditions as part of a new study in NHS hospitals that aims to screen up to 100,000 newborns in England. The study aims to identify conditions such as metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in babies sooner, and could enable hundreds to benefit from earlier [...]
An international team of researchers has made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s Disease. For the first time, scientists have developed a drug that works on both major aggregation-promoting ‘hotspots’ of the Tau protein - addressing a critical gap in current treatments. The drug, a peptide inhibitor called RI-AG03, was [...]
Researchers have identified a new potential risk marker for cardiovascular disease in older women. A new study shows an association between low levels of an anti-inflammatory antibody and the risk of heart attack and coronary heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for both women and men in Sweden. However, research on [...]
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Vanderbilt University are pioneering a new approach to prostate cancer surgery by combining advanced robotics and “low-field” MRI technology. The research aims to allow highly accurate, patient-tailored prostate cancer surgeries without the need for traditional incisions. This innovative research marks a major step in developing minimally invasive treatments [...]
