Health and medicine

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Study highlights increased risk of second cancers among breast cancer survivors

25 Apr 2024

Survivors of breast cancer are at significantly higher risk of developing second cancers, including endometrial and ovarian cancer for women and...

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Rare disease research at Cambridge receives major boost with launch of two new centres

23 Apr 2024

Cambridge researchers will play key roles in two new centres dedicated to developing improved tests, treatments and potentially cures for thousands...

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Training AI models to answer ‘what if?’ questions could improve medical treatments

19 Apr 2024

Machines can learn not only to make predictions, but to handle causal relationships. An international research team shows how this could make medical...

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Artificial intelligence beats doctors in accurately assessing eye problems

17 Apr 2024

A study has found that the AI model GPT-4 significantly exceeds the ability of non-specialist doctors to assess eye problems and provide advice.

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AI speeds up drug design for Parkinson’s ten-fold

17 Apr 2024

Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson’s disease treatments.

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Report highlights inequalities and hidden suffering among people living with breast cancer

15 Apr 2024

Many people with breast cancer ‘systematically left behind’, say researchers in Lancet Commission led by Professor Charlotte Coles.

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Study unpicks why childhood maltreatment continues to impact on mental and physical health into adulthood

11 Apr 2024

Childhood maltreatment can continue to have an impact long into adulthood because of how it effects an individual’s risk of poor physical health and...

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£9.2m boost for next generation of Cambridge cancer experts

09 Apr 2024

Cancer Research UK has announced £9.2m for Cambridge to train the next generation of doctors and scientists to bring new and better cancer treatments...

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Scientists identify rare gene variants that confer up to 6-fold increase in risk of obesity

04 Apr 2024

Cambridge researchers have identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.

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UK-wide trials to begin on blood tests for diagnosing dementia

04 Apr 2024

Cambridge researchers are helping lead countrywide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose dementia, in a bid to improve...

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UK's only research institute dedicated to understanding early cancer receives £11 million donation

02 Apr 2024

The University of Cambridge’s Early Cancer Institute – the UK's only research facility dedicated to understanding early cancer – has received a...

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‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention

28 Mar 2024

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created the world’s largest catalogue of human breast cells, which has revealed early cell changes in...

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