Public health

New medical devices take a long time to reach the market – and many never make it. Jon Johnson, a researcher at Cambridge’s Institute for...

New research focusing on educating young people about sex and HIV/AIDS in Africa is using innovative techniques – such as ‘photo-voice’ and role-play...

A study commencing in the same week as World Blood Donor Day will determine whether blood can be safely collected more frequently than present...

A new system of pollution sensing, currently being tested at Heathrow Airport, could revolutionise monitoring air quality and predicting its health...

Population studies on a vast scale are providing the power to enable accurate risk assessment – and intervention – into cardiovascular disease.

From campus to community, the worlds of mental health research and medical practice are being brought together by a collaboration involving...

Sociologists David Stuckler and Sridhar Venkatapuram discuss how tensions within society are slowing down the process of combating disease worldwide...

Population-based interventions for tackling unhealthy diet and physical inactivity could save millions of lives. An ambitious research programme is...