UCL in the media
Top doctors call for removal of every breast implant given to 50,000 British women
New research by a team of doctors including Professor Alexander Seifalian (UCL General Surgery) shows that the shells of PIP breast implants shells are faulty.
Read: Daily MailThe wake-up call that got me hiding under my duvet
Krissi Murison criticises the 10 am start for teenagers at the UCL Academy, labeling it "short-term and gimmicky".
Read: Sunday Times (£)Royal Free Hospital staff climb Everest to research effect of low oxygen levels on intensive care patients
Six members of staff and an honorary consultant at the Royal Free Hospital will climb the world's highest mountain to help research the effects of reduced oxygen on the body. They will take part in the UCL led research project Xtreme Everest 2.
Read: Ham & HighMeasles outbreak in Wales
Dr Helen Bedford (UCL Institute of Child Health) comments on the measles outbreak in Wales. Watch: BBC News Channel (no link available)
CASMI promises to boost productivity of medical R&D
The UK's new Centre for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI) launched in London last week. Dr Richard Barker (UCL School of Life & Medical Sciences) and director of CASMI said: "We hope CASMI will address one of the major societal problems of the 21st century."
Read: LancetLeeds children's heart unit future in jeopardy
Leeds is a statistical outlier with a mortality rate outside the expected and acceptable range. Experts believe that even when the other data is submitted, the unit's performance is unlikely to improve. The data has for the first time been risk-adjusted using new software devised by University College London.
Read: GuardianProper policing works
The work of two researchers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College London shows that in Lambeth between 2001 and 2002, the number of people being admitted to hospital because of hard drugs doubled.
Read: TelegraphEconomic Hard Times Increase Immigration Tensions in Europe
"It's not sustainable given the knock-on effect on land use, housing pressure, water availability, energy consumption, energy production for that matter," said Professor John Salt (UCL Geography).
Read: Voice of AmericaDoes dark humour help?
"Writers are real tough nuts sometimes facing the awful end to it," says Professor John Sutherland (UCL English Language & Literature).
Listen: BBC Radio 4's Today (from 2 hours 56 mins)The problem with Bitcoin
"Bitcoin is the Napster of payments - the flawed writing on the wall for banking as we know it," says Chris Cook (UCL Institute for Security & Resilience Studies).
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