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New research unit to focus on how to change behaviours responsible for the majority of premature deaths worldwide.

Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health.

Scientists have found what they believe is the missing link between heart failure, our genes and our environment. The study could open up completely...

Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a new...

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) supports research from across the social sciences, from sociology to anthropology, through to...

New research has revealed that statins can prevent the premature ageing of arteries in patients in the advanced stages of heart disease - suggesting...

Assessing the chance of something happening or not happening confronts us all the time. A new programme led by David Spiegelhalter, the Winton...

A major collaboration of UK scientists has provided an insight into the genetics underlying a number of diseases including Crohn's disease, a type of...