Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence

Girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during their adolescence, say an international team of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 28, 2022 ~7 min

Largest ever study on traumatic brain injury highlights global inequality in causes and treatment

Neurosurgery experts from Cambridge have led the largest ever study examining the surgical management of traumatic brain injuries, highlighting regional

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 16, 2022 ~5 min


Autistic defendants are being failed by the criminal justice system

The criminal justice system (CJS) is failing autistic people, argue researchers at the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, after a survey of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 15, 2022 ~6 min

Drug incorporated into silicone coating reduces ‘foreign body reaction’ to implants

Long-term use of implantable electronic medical devices – such as pacemakers and cochlear implants – is hampered by the body’s reaction to foreign bodies. Now,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 14, 2022 ~4 min

Dementia patients struggle to cope with change because of damage to general intelligence brain networks

People with dementia struggle to adapt to changes in their environment because of damage to areas of the brain known as ‘multiple demand networks’,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 8, 2022 ~6 min

One in three young people say they felt happier during lockdown

One in three young people say their mental health and wellbeing improved during COVID-19 lockdown measures, with potential contributing factors including

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 22, 2022 ~7 min

Industry funding potentially compromising gambling addiction research, say experts

Too little research is being conducted into problem gambling – and what research there is, is often funded by the gambling industry rather than by independent

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 15, 2022 ~6 min

Study reveals high rate of possible undiagnosed autism in people who died by suicide

A significant number of people who died by suicide were likely autistic, but undiagnosed, according to new research that highlights the urgent need for earlier

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 15, 2022 ~5 min


Large-scale genetic study reveals new clues for the shared origins of irritable bowel syndrome and mental health disorders

An international study of more than 50,000 people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has revealed that IBS symptoms may be caused by the same biological

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 5, 2021 ~6 min

10,000 autistic people to take part in the UK’s largest study of autism

An ambitious new research project, Spectrum 10K, launches today and will recruit 10,000 autistic individuals, as well as their relatives, living in the UK.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 24, 2021 ~5 min

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