Test could be used as an inexpensive screening tool to facilitate early intervention.

Each year 5,600 patients are diagnosed with cancer at a late stage because of inequalities. Study underlines importance of awareness campaigns.

Phone therapy also increases access and potentially decreases costs.

A new resource launched today by the University of Cambridge will help researchers seek out and access high-value equipment across five universities.

Delirium also found to worsen severity in those already diagnosed with dementia and increase the pace of cognitive decline.

Protein highlights ‘ideal mechanism’ for development of new therapies to fight obesity.

First use of PET and CT to look at disease processes leading to heart attack.

This month, the University of Cambridge will be profiling research that addresses public health. To begin, Professor Carol Brayne, Director of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health, explains how the goals of a new University Strategic Network, PublicHealth @ Cambridge, will generate fresh insight into the health and well-being of populations.

Much hyped by the media, stem cells have tremendous power to improve human health. As part of the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Dr Ludovic Vallier’s research in the Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine shows how stem cells can further our understanding of disease and help deliver much-needed new treatments.

Research shows chronic users’ brains age dramatically faster than their non-drug using peers.