How a drought led to the rise of skateboarding in 1970s California
Why did professional skateboarding arise in southern California in the 1970s? Was it a coincidence, or was it a perfect storm of multiple factors?
Clinicians rank patient views as least important in diagnosis, study finds
Experts today call for more value to be given to patients’ ‘lived experiences’ as a study of over 1,000 patients and clinicians found multiple examples of patient reports being under-valued.
Ageing: can we add more life to our years?
Research advances at the University of Cambridge mean that the eternal quest to reverse the march of time may soon become a reality.
Why seven in ten women experience pregnancy sickness
A Cambridge-led study has shown why many women experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy – and why some women, including the Duchess of Cambridge, become so sick they need to be admitted to hospital.