UCL in the media
11 benefits (and downsides) of running for your body
Professor Charlotte Manisty (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences) tracked 138 healthy first-time marathon runners, testing them before and after the events to study the effects on arterial stiffening, blood pressure and factors that contribute to vascular ageing.
Dr Oz accused of using his mother's dementia diagnosis to promote his 'bogus' supplements
Professor Robert Howard (UCL Psychiatry) said: 'if you're already eating a good diet then there's absolutely no benefit at all in taking supplements like omega-3 for dementia'.
'Teenagers still don’t get the sex education they need - and I'm not surprised at all'
Professor Joyce Harper (UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health) explained: “Shortcomings in fertility education in schools also meant students were left feeling both ill-informed and negative towards their own fertility and ability to have children.”
How puberty blockers slipped through the dangerous loophole in Britain’s drug regulation
Dr Sallie Baxendale (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) says that though doctors have a right to prescribe off-label, puberty blockers “escaped out into the wild”.
Increase in smoking among younger women in more advantaged social groups
Smoking among women under 45 from more advantaged social groups in England appears to have increased over the past decade, according to a new study by Dr Sarah Jackson (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care).
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Donald Trump scores win on abortion
Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) said: "Many Americans have loose or malleable views on policy issues, even controversial ones like abortion," "Consequently, they often look to party leaders to inform their perspective."
Russia's influence in the Balkans
Dr Andi Hoxhaj (UCL SLASH) comments on the political uncertainty in Croatia as the Croatian Democratic Union won the parliamentary election, but with fewer seats than before and without a majority.
Homosexuality and "sin"
Professor David Frost (UCL, IOE - Social Research Institute) defines the term ‘minority stress’ as the unique forms of social stress experienced by communities that are stigmatised by society, for example the LGBTQ+ community.
What is cloud seeding? Step-by-step graphic reveals how the weather modification technique works
Dr Brian Thomas (UCL Earth Sciences) explains the four stages of natural rainfall: the cooling of the air, the water vapour condensation, the drops get heavy enough to fall, and, finally, the atmosphere 'imports' more water to the area to keep the rain flowing.
Can the dream of "Digital India" become a reality?
Professor Jacqueline McGlade (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) explains how rapid upwellings of cold water in our oceans are causing mass mortalities among sharks near South Africa and Australia.