A study by Lisa Ronan (Psychiatry) and Paul Fletcher (Psychiatry) has uncovered distinct differences in brain structure in obese children compared to those of normal weight. Published in Cerebral Cortex, the study aimed to determine whether differences in brain structure mediate the relationship between executive function and childhood obesity. The researchers analysed MR-derived measures of cortical thickness […]
The use of antidepressants by over 65s has a substantial increase in 20 years
A study led by Carol Brayne (Public Health and Primary Care) has shown that the number of people over 65 taking antidepressants has more than doubled in 20 years. Depression is a leading cause of disability, with older people particularly susceptible to poor outcomes. Published in The British Journal of Psychiatry, researchers investigated whether the prevalence […]
Switching to dry powder inhalers could reduce carbon emissions and cut costs
Work by year 6 student Rory Braggins modelling the financial and environmental impacts of switching to more environmentally sustainable inhalers has been just been published in BMJ Open. Working with Alex Wilkinson, (British Thoracic Society) and James Smith, (Public Health and Primary Care), Rory’s work demonstrated that large scale switching to dry powder inhalers could be done […]
Website launched with plans for Cambridge Children’s hospital and research institute
Plans for a ground-breaking new children’s hospital and research institute on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus moved a step closer last week, with the launch of a new website. Researchers from multiple departments at the School of Clinical Medicine, led by Paediatrics and Psychiatry, are working with Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough […]
A small reduction in alcohol can significantly reduce heart disease risk in type 2 diabetes patients
New research undertaken by Jean Strelitz (MRC Epidemiology Unit) and colleagues at the Unit’s Prevention of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders in High Risk Groups programme indicates that reducing alcohol use by as little as two units per week may have long-term health benefits for people with diabetes. Published in Cardiovascular Diabetology, the ADDITION […]
Moderate exercise in obese pregnancy restores key tissues
Research from joint first author Denise Fernandez-Twinn (Institute of Metabolic Science (IMS)) shows that exercise immediately prior to and during pregnancy restores key tissues in the body, making obese mice better able to manage blood sugar levels and lowering the risk of long-term health problems. The research, published in Physiological Reports, was carried out in […]
Case study: boosting the involvement of medical students in research at Cambridge
A new and innovative Medical Student Systematic Reviews Group, at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, enabled 53 medical students to contribute directly to ongoing systematic reviews in 16 different research groups during 2018/9. The Group is launching for its second year this week and more details are available here. Systematic reviews are […]
Gut microbiome to predict the risk of organ failure in critically ill children
A study, led by Nazima Pathan (Paediatrics) and colleagues, describes how metabolites produced by healthy bacteria could be used to assess the health of the gut microbiome. In critical illness, the gut microbiome may be damaged by the use of antibiotics and lack of feeding. This may inadvertently cause the loss of many healthy […]
Problematic smartphone use links to poor academic grades, alcohol misuse and mental health problems
A paper co-authored by Sam Chamberlain (Psychiatry) suggests that excessive use of mobile phones by students could be related to lower grades, drinking problems and more sexual partners. The collaborative project with the Universities of Chicago and Minnesota in the USA, and Cambridge, looked at 3,425 US university students who were asked to complete […]
Widely-available antibiotics could be used in the treatment of ‘superbug’ MRSA
Internationally collaborative research by Ewan Harrison (Medicine, Public Health and Primary care and Wellcome Sanger Institute), Xiaoliang Ba and Mark Holmes (both Veterinary Medicine) and Sharon Peacock (Medicine) suggests that a proportion of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections could be tackled using widely available antibiotics. Since the discovery of penicillin, the introduction of antibiotics to treat infections […]
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