“Anecdotally, we often hear that a cancer diagnosis is a ‘wake-up call’, but the results from our large study show that this is not the general rule,” said Professor Jane Wardle (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health). Read: Times (£)

The outlook for women with BRCA genes will improve, with greater access to genetic testing and screening and risk reducing surgery for women who have not yet developed cancer, says Dr Lucy Side (UCL Women's Cancer). Read: The Conversation

Up to one in ten teenage girls has an eating disorder, and increasing numbers of boys are also at risk, according to a new study from the UCL Institute of Child Health. Read: Daily Mail More: Times (£) Scotsman Mirror BMJ Guardian

Doctors believe a drug used to treat diabetes could significantly help people suffering from Parkinson's Disease. "We've got enough evidence to move forward," said Dr Thomas Foltynie (UCL Institute of Neurology). Watch: ITV News

Dr Dan Martin (UCL Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine), and Xtreme Everest researchers are currently packing up their equipment and sending it and the collected data back to the UK, where the results will be assessed. Read: Scotsman Irish Examiner

Dr Vassilis Georgiadis (UCL Medical Molecular Biology Unit) and Dr Suwan Jayasinghe (UCL Mechanical Engineering) comment on their research into repairing damaged hearts. Read: Independent

Tolls on the planned east-west link would have to be three times the current cost of an average trip on CityLink for the project's investors to make a profit, a study led by UCL has found. Read: The Age More: The Age

Almost a quarter of jurors in England and Wales currently misunderstand the restrictions on internet use during a trial, according to research led by Professor Cheryl Thomas (UCL Laws). Read: Guardian More: UCL News Times Telegraph FT BBC

In 2000, Nasa enthusiast Dr Kevin Fong and mountaineer Professor Mike Grocott decided to join forces to investigate the body’s response to extreme conditions. They established the Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE Medicine) at UCL. Read: Metro

A new Interdisciplinary Research Centre led by UCL will develop mobile health technologies that allow doctors to diagnose and track diseases much earlier than ever before. Read: Independent More: UCL News Newcastle Evening Chronicle Phys Org Health Canal

Professor Benjamin Heydecker (UCL Centre for Transport Studies) found that during the 45 years since the current motorway speed limit of 70mph was first implemented, the risk of road accident fatality per vehicle-km of travel has fallen to less than 1/13 of what it was. Read: Guardian

Researchers have discovered that one of Samantha Cameron's ancestors was a slave owner who received the equivalent of millions of pounds as compensation from the British government when the trade in humans was abolished. The discovery was made by UCL researchers examining the records of the Slave Compensation Commission, which was set up to manage the £20 million fund. Read: Telegraph More: Daily Mail

Ten days after having a subarachnoid haemorrhage – a stroke caused by bleeding in and around the brain – Tommy McHugh, an ex-con who'd been in his fair share of scraps, became a new man, with a personality that nobody recognised. Professor Mark Lythgoe (UCL Metabolism & Experimental Therapeutics) performed a neuropsychological evaluation on Tommy. Read: New Scientist

Professor Patrick Haggard (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) co-author of the paper said: “Most studies of emotion processing in the brain simply assume that people passively receive emotional stimuli, and automatically feel the corresponding emotion. In contrast, the area we have identified may contribute to some individuals’ ability to rise above particular emotional situations." Read: Medical Daily More: UCL News

Stroke used to be thought of as untreatable and until recently received little attention from the government or the NHS. Fortunately, the outlook for many stroke patients has changed dramatically, writes Professor Martin Brown (UCL Brain Repair & Rehabilitation). Read: Sunday Times Raconteur

Dr Kevin Chetty (UCL Security & Crime Science) comments about passive wifi radar at the electromagnetic wave festival. Listen: BBC Radio 4's PM (from 52 mins)

"Our findings indicate that children with conduct problems have an atypical brain response to seeing other people in pain," said Professor Essi Viding (UCL Psychology). Read: Daily Mail More: UCL News NBC News Live Science iTech Post Perth Now NBC Medical Daily Examiner Irish Herald Everyday Health Parent Herald Time Magazine THE Newcastle Evening Chronicle (no link) Sun (no link)

"With so many galaxies in the Herschel images, we can start to look at how galaxies have changed over the history of the Universe,” said Dr Myrto Symeonidis (UCL Space & Climate Physics). Read: Laboratory News More: UCL News

New research from Professor David Tuckett (UCL Psychology) and Professor Richard Taffler (Warwick Business School) suggests that emotions play an inevitable part in all investing, by amateurs and pros alike. Read: WSJ

Psychologists from Goldsmiths, University of London, University College London and Siberia’s Tomsk State University argue that the creation of a “genetic profile” for each student with a learning disability such as dyslexia or dyscalculia could vastly improve training for school psychologists, clinicians and teachers dealing with such students. Read: THE

“Understanding the behavior of these birds during migration is crucial for identifying important at-sea locations and for furthering conservation efforts,” said lead author Dr Robin Freeman (UCL CoMPLEX). Read: UCL News More: Red Orbit India Education Diary Express (no link)

Professor David Shanks (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual & Brain Sciences) is lead author on a paper that reports failure to replicated intelligence priming experiments. Read: Nature

"Understanding the behaviour of these birds during migration is crucial for identifying important at-sea locations and for furthering conservation efforts," said Dr Robin Freeman (UCL COMPLEX). Read: Science Daily More: UCL News

A new study, co-authored by Professor Dorian Fuller (UCL Institute of Archaeology), argues that the Anthropocene began with the rise of farming or even in Neolithic times, when we took to widespread burning of the bush to hunt animals. Read: New Scientist

“Not only can we study the detailed composition of gas and dust, but we can study the importance of specific types of molecules, such as water, in the formation of stars and planets,” said Professor Bruce Swinyard (UCL Physics & Astronomy). Read: E&T More: UCL News