“The latest results show that PSA screening in this trial prevented 22 prostate cancer deaths per 10,000 men screened, compared to 14 deaths in the previous analysis. It also shows that the harms of ...

Scientists comment on the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. Dr Chloe Brimicombe, Climate Scientist, Royal Meteorological Society, said: “This report is important and in its ninth year has ...

“This study reports that consuming a cocoa-based drink high in flavanols improves blood flow during sitting. It is already known that the consumption of flavanols improves measures of endothelial ...

“Hurricane Melissa represents one of the strongest hurricanes to hit Jamaica in living memory, the slow-moving nature of Melissa, known as a stalling, makes it particularly hazardous. Moving at around ...

“The researchers found that people in the groups who accumulated more of their daily steps in longer bouts had better health outcomes than those who more commonly took shorter bouts of steps. Those ...

A study published in JAMA Network Open looks at night time light exposure and cardiovascular disease incidence. Prof Tim Chico, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary Consultant ...

A study published in JAMA Network Open looks at the association between prenatal air pollution exposure and the risk of autism during childhood. Dr Chloe Brimicombe, Climate scientist and public ...

“The annual statistics on scientific procedures shows the number of procedures involving animals has gone down. “The number of procedures using animals in the UK is now about 77% of what it was in ...

A study published in Nature Biotechnology looks at live imaging of late-stage preimplantation human embryos. Prof Peter Braude, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College London, ...