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Dr Joanna Moncrieff (UCL Psychiatry) says she believes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is amplifying a tendency to label more and more people as having health problems.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Jon Ronson On' (from 13 mins 50 secs)Why forensic evidence may not be as certain as we'd like to think it is
Dr Itiel Dror (UCL Security & Crime Science) explains why forensic evidence can be open to the same subjectivity that affects other types of evidence.
Read: Irish TimesWoman who has never felt pain experiences it for the first time
Using mice modified to carry a rare genetic mutation that causes painlessness, a UCL study led by Professor John Wood (UCL Division of Medicine) has uncovered a way to make low doses of opioids more effective in treating chronic pain.
Read: New Scientist, More: Irish Times, Metro, Daily Mail, Times (£), Independent, Sydney Morning Herald, Washington Post, UCL News, Listen: BBC World Service 'Newsday' (from 18 mins 35 secs)'Shadow' of being Neet falls across decades, study warns
Professor Ken Spours (UCL Institute of Education) says the pool of Neets will continue to be fed by a new underclass he labels the "missing middle".
Read: TES (£)Adapting to a warmer world
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) joins a discussion on how humanity can survive in a warming world.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Newshour Extra'Nurse review offers broad-spectrum remedy for UK research funding
In an opinion piece, Professor David Price (UCL Vice-Provost, Research), Professor Graeme Reid and Dr Andrew Clark (both Office of the UCL Vice-Provost, Research) explain the wisdom of creating Research UK.
Read: THEWomen at the workface: the variety of roles in engineering
Professor Paola Lettieri (UCL Chemical Engineering) talks about her key projects and her work on Energy systems.
Read: The EngineerPicturing Parkinson's: proving that research is an art form
Dr Shi-yu Yang (UCL Clinical Neuroscience) has been awarded runner-up in the Picturing Parkinson's competition for his image, The culture web.
Read: GuardianUrban legends: three common myths about modern-day cities
Jenny McArthur (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) explains why cities aren't the ever-growing, long-lasting powerhouses we think they are.
Read: The ConversationOpinion split over 'on demand' drug that reduces risk of HIV
Dr Sheena McCormack (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL) says that users of Truvada, anti-retroviral drug that can be used to cut the risk of HIV infection, are making highly nuanced decisions about their risks.
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