People with obesity whose weight and health improve following drug treatment are likely to need the treatment long term, according to a UCLH and UCL study.
UCL has been placed 7th globally for medicine, 4th globally for pharmacy and pharmacology and 1st for education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
High blood pressure and treatments to control it do not increase the risk of hospitalisation and death from Covid-19, according to a large European-wide study which in the UK was co-ordinated at UCLH and UCL.
Technology could be used to identify published scientific papers that have the greatest potential for real world impact – such as new medical treatments – according to UCL and UCLH research.
UCLH is to work in partnership with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in a major digital health initiative in which researchers use data collected in acute care settings to improve patient care.
Clinicians and research staff from across England and Wales attended patient and public involvement training delivered by the BRC between April 2021 and March 2022.