UCL in the media
Private equity targets India’s healthcare sector
“Decades of under-investment and mismanagement have resulted in a public healthcare sector that has centres of excellence, but generally low average quality and coverage,” notes Dr Radhika Jain (UCL Global Business School for Health).
The Jennings v Alzheimer’s: Shaping a new “treatment era” through discovery
A new BBC documentary explores the discoveries made by researchers at UCL and UCLH including Professor Sir John Hardy (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) that have given hope for Alzheimer’s disease over the past 40 years, and the family that helped make it happen.
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The best ‘buttery’ spreads for your health
Buttery spread manufacturers use a technique called interesterification which can harden vegetable oils to give them a butter-like consistency, making them suitable for spreads," says Alex Ruani (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society).
Consumer group highlights health products you may not need
Dr Nicky Keay (UCL Medicine) says products containing ingredients such as black cohosh and red clover leaf are expensive and come with no guarantee that they will help.
Covid on the rise again as new FLiRT variants become dominant strain
We are at the start of a new Covid wave driven by the FLiRT variants, which, according to Professor Christina Pagel (UCL Mathematics), are likely to be at "about 50 per cent" of total infections now.
Enforced disappearances in South America
Dr Francesca Lessa (UCL Institute of the Americas) talks about the regimes across Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s that moved against opponents by making them disappear.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The History Hour' (from 9 mins 41 secs)
Saudi’s growing deficit in the spotlight
There is a general consciousness that as the internal combustion engine is phased out, revenue from fuel duty will be lost, says Professor David Metz (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering).
Listen: BBC World Service 'World Business Report' (from 14 mins 45 secs)
Daily patterns contribute to the sense dissatisfaction many midlifers feel
“We can find ourselves becoming habituated to everything from a great view or tasty meal to a loving spouse, meaning we notice and appreciate them less.” - Professor Tali Sharot (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences)
Experts warn against rising whooping cough cases
"During lockdown (when social distancing measures were in place) the number of infections went down, so people who may have caught it then are catching it now," explains Professor Helen Bedford (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health).
'Unaccustom' the brain and avoid harmful situations, expert says
The tendency of our brain to ignore things that are constantly present or gradually changing is known as habituation and is used to conserve our resources, says Professor Tali Sharot (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).