Detection before symptoms
CRUK funds Imperial experts’ plans to develop early cancer screening tests
CRUK has given a multidisciplinary team £290,000 to develop tests for early diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Stories tagged with 'Public health'
cost of air pollution
Air pollution in England could cost as much as £5.3 billion by 2035
A new tool developed by researchers at Imperial has calculated the health and social care costs of air pollution for the first time.
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Clean air strategy
Michael Gove launches Government’s Clean Air strategy at Imperial
Environment Secretary Michael Gove launched the Government’s Clean Air Strategy at Imperial College London.
HIV garden
HIV researchers create Chelsea garden to raise awareness of disease stigma
Scientists and designers have teamed up with young people living with HIV to create a garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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Check your pressure
May Measurement Month builds on its 2017 success
May Measurement Month launched in 2017 as a mass global blood pressure screening to raise awareness of hypertension continues in 2018.
Growing Threat
Resistance to antifungal drugs could lead to disease and global food shortages
Growing levels of resistance to antifungal treatments could lead to increased disease outbreaks and affect food security around the world.
Getting to know DCM
Largest ever study of fatal heart condition which affects 260,000 people in UK
The largest ever study of the heart condition dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is underway.
The bright side of life
Eurovision Song Contest associated with increase in life satisfaction
Participating in the Eurovision Song Contest may be linked to an increase in a nation’s life satisfaction, according to new research.
AMS Fellowship
Top award for Imperial Surgery & Cancer Professor
Professor Elaine Holmes has been named as one of 48 world-leading researchers to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
A little less sodium
Cutting salt intake in the US could save money and lives, finds study
A US policy aimed at reducing the amount of salt in people’s diets could save money and lives if properly implemented, according to new research.
