Latest News
The long shadow cast by childhood bullying on mental health in adulthood
A new study shows that children who are exposed to bullying during childhood are at increased risk of psychiatric disorders in adulthood, regardless of whether they are victims or perpetrators.
Current Evidence Does Not Support Selenium for Preventing Heart Disease in Well-Nourished Adults
A systematic review published in The Cochrane Library finds that in well-nourished adults current evidence does not support selenium for preventing heart disease. The review suggests that taking selenium supplements does not reduce a person’s risk of developing heart disease, although most evidence is currently limited to healthy American adults.
Never forget a Face(book) memory for online posts beats faces and books
People’s memory for Facebook posts is strikingly stronger than their memory for human faces or sentences from books, according to a new study.
High salt intake linked to social inequalities
People from low socio-economic positions in Britain eat more salt than the well off, irrespective of where they live, states a paper led by 果冻传媒 Medical School publishedin the BMJ Open journal.
£5.2 million to improve understanding of ageing immune system
A team of researchers from the 果冻传媒, working with the University of Manchester, have been awarded £5.2 million to investigate our immune response and how it is affected by ageing.
Could fruit help to improve vascular health?
Scientists at the 果冻传媒 and consumer goods manufacturer Unilever are joining forces to identify whether the nutrients in everyday fruit and vegetables could help to improve people’s cardiovascular health and protect them from Type-2 diabetes.