Messaging on healthy foods may not prompt healthier purchases: study

Healthy food cues standing alone don’t prompt healthier buying decisions, but they may counter advertising for sugary and fatty foods, says study co-authored

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 28, 2022 ~5 min

Reducing TV viewing to less than one hour a day could help prevent more than one in ten cases of coronary heart disease

Watching too much TV is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease regardless of an individual’s genetic makeup, say a team of scientists at the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 24, 2022 ~5 min


New model improves accuracy of machine learning in COVID-19 diagnosis while preserving privacy

Researchers in the UK and China have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can diagnose COVID-19 as well as a panel of professional

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 16, 2021 ~5 min

Public health experts urge government to put health at centre of levelling up agenda

Health needs to be at the heart of the Government’s levelling up agenda, say researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Newcastle. The team have today

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 10, 2021 ~5 min

Interactive tool helps you decide how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19

Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to open windows or clean surfaces? New

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 2, 2021 ~5 min

Interactive tool helps people decide how best to protect themselves and others from COVID-19

Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to open windows or clean surfaces? New

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 2, 2021 ~5 min

Two-metre COVID-19 rule is ‘arbitrary measurement’ of safety

A new study has shown that the airborne transmission of COVID-19 is highly random and suggests that the two-metre rule was a number chosen from a risk

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 23, 2021 ~5 min

Concerns over medical consultations by phone and video – study

A study of rheumatology patients and clinicians has found that while the majority found phone or video consultations more convenient than face-to-face

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 2, 2021 ~7 min


“Perfect for some but disastrous for others”: Patients and clinicians express concerns over phone and video consultations

A study of rheumatology patients and clinicians has found that while the majority found phone or video consultations more convenient than face-to-face

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 2, 2021 ~7 min

Scientists develop model to assess COVID-19 infection risk in offices and schools

As more UK workers and students return to offices and schools, a new model has been developed to predict the risk of airborne COVID-19 infection in such

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 6, 2021 ~4 min

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