UCL in the media
Northern Lights
Ms Catherine Regan (UCL Space & Climate Physics) describes the peak in solar activity that we are experiencing, solar maximum, which causes solar flares which can lead to releases of plasma.
Listen: BBC World Service ‘The Newsroom’ (from 9 min, 44 sec)
Pills or patches, sprays or gels … everything you need to know about HRT
Dr Ruth Brauer (UCL School of Pharmacy) explains why she prefers the term menopausal hormone treatment (MHT). She said: “The ‘replacement’ bit suggests that you’re lacking in something when you hit menopause, which is, of course, not true.”
Measles case confirmed as experts fear UK faces worst outbreak in 12 years
Professor Helen Bedford (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) said current vaccine uptake figures are too low to keep the virus at bay, and cases will only rise if they remain stagnant.
Your menopause questions answered
Professor Aimee Spector (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) responds to a reader who has difficulty concentrating and suffers from anxiety due to the menopause.
The mental health benefits of exercise
Professor Jonathan Roiser (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) joins Joe Wicks to discuss the impact exercise can have on our body, brain and mood. He talks about his research that involves prescribing physical activity to people living with depression.
Is reading for pleasure the single biggest factor in how well a child does in life?
Professor Alice Sullivan (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society) explains that children who read extensively made more progress with vocabulary than those who didn’t, and it was a more important predictor in their progress than having a parent with a degree.
Listen: BBC World Service ‘More or Less’ (from 7 min, 4 sec)
How efficient people get stuff done
Dr Anna Volkmer (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) said: “I turn notifications off and choose when to respond to calls and social media, making sure I prioritise writing or meetings when I need to”.
Internet is good for wellbeing despite social media fears, scientists find
Dr Ruth Plackett (UCL Primary Care and Population Health) said the findings challenge the assumptions we have that internet use is bad for our mental wellbeing.
Europe's anti-migration policies: the need to reverse a trajectory towards death, despair, and destitution
Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (Dean of UCL Population Health Sciences) said: "The reception [of] migrants across the EU often entails criminalisation, persecution, and health harms".
Great Ormond Street hoping to license gene therapy for ‘bubble baby’ syndrome
Professor Claire Booth (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) describes what happened when the pharmaceutical company that had planned to bring the therapy to market dropped it.