Patients’ online hospital reviews reflect data on hospital outcomes
14 Feb 2012
Patients’ ratings of hospitals tally with objective measures of the hospital’s performance - News release
Scientists find gene linked to alcohol consumption
Imperial researchers have identified a gene that appears to play a role in regulating how much alcohol people drink - News release
05 Apr 2011
High levels of “good” cholesterol may cut bowel cancer risk
High levels of “good” HDL cholesterol predict a substantial reduction in the risk of bowel cancer...
11 Mar 2011
The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative has attracted a donation of £500K from a private donor
The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), a unit in the School of Public Health (DIDE) has attracted a donation of £500K from a private donor for their work on treating Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa.
07 Mar 2011
Study finds five new genetic variants linked to heart disease
Five new genetic variants linked to heart disease have been identified in a meta-analysis of four large genome-wide association studies, published in Nature Genetics this week.
07 Mar 2011
Sugary drinks associated with higher blood pressure
Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with higher blood pressure, according to a study of over 2,500 people reported in the journal Hypertension.
01 Mar 2011
Imperial launches School of Public Health
A new School of Public Health that aims to address the major global health challenges of the 21st century is being launched at Imperial College London today.
14 Feb 2011
Flu reduction policies don’t need to start at the beginning of an outbreak, study suggests
Mathematical models predict that some policy interventions might not be best employed at the start of an epidemic.
11 Feb 2011
Huge decline in HIV rates in Zimbabwe driven by fear of infection, says study
The big drop in the numbers of people infected with HIV in Zimbabwe is because of mass social change, driven by fear of infection, according to an international study reported in PLoS Medicine.
09 Feb 2011
Obesity has doubled since 1980, major global analysis of risk factors reveals
Study shows western high-income countries have achieved impressive progress in lowering hypertension and cholesterol- News Release
04 Feb 2011
Boys will infect boys, swine flu study shows
Study will help researchers model how epidemics spread and how interventions such as school closures can contain outbreaks- News Release
01 Feb 2011
