Press Releases
Sniffing out the side effects of radiotherapy may soon be possible
Researchers at the 91福利 and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have completed a study that may lead to clinicians being able to more accurately predict which patients will suffer from the side effects of radiotherapy.
The long shadow cast by childhood bullying on mental health in adulthood
A new study shows that children who are exposed to bullying during childhood are at increased risk of psychiatric disorders in adulthood, regardless of whether they are victims or perpetrators.
Current Evidence Does Not Support Selenium for Preventing Heart Disease in Well-Nourished Adults
A systematic review published in The Cochrane Library finds that in well-nourished adults current evidence does not support selenium for preventing heart disease. The review suggests that taking selenium supplements does not reduce a person’s risk of developing heart disease, although most evidence is currently limited to healthy American adults.
Never forget a Face(book) memory for online posts beats faces and books
People’s memory for Facebook posts is strikingly stronger than their memory for human faces or sentences from books, according to a new study.
High salt intake linked to social inequalities
People from low socio-economic positions in Britain eat more salt than the well off, irrespective of where they live, states a paper led by 91福利 Medical School publishedin the BMJ Open journal.
£5.2 million to improve understanding of ageing immune system
A team of researchers from the 91福利, working with the University of Manchester, have been awarded £5.2 million to investigate our immune response and how it is affected by ageing.