‘Diabetes distress’ increases risk of mental health problems among young people living with type 1 diabetes
17 Jul 2024Children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are at significantly higher risk of a number of mental health issues, including mood and anxiety disorders, a...
Ultra-processed food makes up almost two-thirds of calorie intake of UK adolescents
17 Jul 2024Adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), new research from the Universities of Cambridge and...
Cancer is the public's biggest health concern, survey finds
15 Jul 2024Two-thirds of the public say they are very or somewhat worried about being told they have cancer – higher than for any other medical condition –...
Journeys of discovery: Steve Jackson and a life-saving cancer drug
15 Jul 2024What excites Steve Jackson is understanding how biology works and why it sometimes goes wrong. But what galvanises him is knowing there are people...
Cambridge is changing the story of cancer
15 Jul 2024Find out about groundbreaking cancer research at Cambridge, including our planned new hospital, how we're studying the earliest stages of cancer, how...
Learning from experience: Patients are vital to advances in tackling cancer
15 Jul 2024Researchers and clinicians are now welcoming new perspectives: those of people with experience of cancer.
The nurse championing cancer patients
15 Jul 2024“There are things that only patients see,” says Elaine Chapman, lead advisory nurse for the Cambridge Cancer Hospital.
The hospital that will change the story of cancer forever
15 Jul 2024Work will begin soon on a new hospital that will transform how we diagnose and treat cancer. Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital will treat patients...
Artificial intelligence outperforms clinical tests at predicting progress of Alzheimer’s disease
12 Jul 2024Cambridge scientists have developed an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs...
Egging on vital research
11 Jul 2024Jenny Gallop uses frog egg extract to figure out key cellular processes - which has helped understand and potentially treat two rare genetic diseases...
AI able to identify drug-resistant typhoid-like infection from microscopy images in matter of hours
08 Jul 2024Artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to identify drug resistant infections, significantly reducing the time taken for a correct diagnosis...
Scientists map how deadly bacteria evolved to become epidemic
04 Jul 2024Pseudomonas aeruginosa – an environmental bacteria that can cause devastating multidrug-resistant infections, particularly in people with underlying...