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Touch can reduce pain and anxiety, say researchers
Research suggesting the sensation of touch appears to bring benefits for the body and mind gives "a bird’s-eye view" of the benefits of touch interventions on health, says Professor Katerina Fotopoulou (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).
New Yorker helps Imperial to University Challenge glory
20 to 30 per cent of University Challenge teams hail from either Oxford or Cambridge, much to the distaste of Professor Frank Coffield (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society), who says it's "one rule for the rich and powerful, another rule for the rest of us.”
Have Western sanctions on Russia worked?
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its third year, Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) highlights the belief that Western economic sanctions aimed at undermining Russia's invasion have not had the desired impact.
Shorter scan to diagnose prostate cancer will increase availability and reduce cost
Removing one step from a three-part MRI scan, which could make them quicker and cheaper, had no negative impact on diagnostic accuracy, according to clinical trial results led by researchers at ʼһ and UCLH including Dr Francesco Giganti (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science).
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Whooping cough cases rising in the UK as vaccination rates fall
“My own assessment is that a lot of questions that were raised about the Covid vaccine have been transferred onto other vaccines”, says Professor Helen Bedford (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health).
Joe Biden's approval rating falls over Israel stance
Israel poses challenges for Biden, Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) explains, especially where a few thousand votes in swing states could tip the outcome.
How history has shaped the way we feed babies
After many years of studying breast milk and infant nutrition, Professor Mary Fewtrell (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) has started collaborating with evolutionary biologists to understand the origins of milk.
LED lighting is bright, efficient, and perhaps a problem
We may be paying the price with our health due to being oversaturated with blue light and starved of red and infrared light, says Professor Glen Jeffery (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology).
European allies consider halting arms sales to Israel
Unease around the conflict in the Middle East was already growing in Europe before the strike that seven aid workers last week, Dr Julie Norman (UCL Political Science) outlines, adding that their deaths "accelerated that and made it much more public."
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Why we’re getting closer to solving the Alzheimer's riddle
“When you start to look at patients earlier, the effectiveness of the drugs looks like it’s much greater," explains Dr Cath Mummery (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology).