The first systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence connecting air pollution reviewed study data from 16 countries and found support for the hypothesis of an...
January 15th, 2020
A radical ketamine-like drug has been licensed for use in the UK for severe depression, a decision that offers hope to the millions of patients for whom...
A study by researchers at King’s College London has estimated that one in four children and young people use their smartphones in a way that is consistent with a...Environmental Health
The number of health problems linked to air pollution could be far higher than previously thought. The Guardian reports that this is according to research suggesting...Gerontology
The walking speed of 45-year-olds, particularly their fastest walking speed without running, can be used as a marker of their ageing brains and bodies, a study by...Addiction News
Standard units for grading the potency of cannabis – similar to those already used for alcohol – would result in significant improvements in the mental health of...
September 11th, 2019The King's College London authors of a new three-cohort international study on gut microbiota, explain in The Conversation why — despite all the documented negative...
July 24th, 2019A simple finger-prick blood test for C-reactive protein can prevent unnecessary antibiotics for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a...
July 3rd, 2019High expectations among the UK public of the benefits of medicinal cannabis are being disappointed because doctors are unwilling to prescribe it in the knowledge that...
July 3rd, 2019Up to half of men under the age of 50 are suffering from erectile dysfunction as impotence rates have more than doubled in the last 25 years, The Independent reports a...
