Public health

New research unit to focus on how to change behaviours responsible for the majority of premature deaths worldwide.

Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health.

A new Health Services Research Centre based at the University of Cambridge has launched.

A new research unit based at the University of Cambridge will help inform the Government’s policy making on behaviour and health by investigating the...

Babies born at night or at the weekend are at greater risk of dying due to lack of oxygen (anoxia) than those born during normal working hours...

One of the most famous and influential mantras of Barack Obama’s chief economic adviser – that wealthier nations are also healthier – has been called...

Efforts to understand the effects of ageing on the brain have been given a major boost with the announcement of a new £5m grant from the...

The rising prevalence of obesity, diabetes and related disorders is an epidemic of global proportions. Research at the Institute of Metabolic Science...