February 21, 2019 New sensor technology can diagnose reproductive health problems in real-time Researchers have developed new robotic sensor technology that has the capability to diagnose women’s reproductive health problems in real-time. The technology, developed by researchers at Imperial College London and The University of Hong Kong, can be used to measure hormones that affect fertility, sexual development and menstruation more quickly and cheaply than current methods. The […]
November 19, 2018 Imperial researchers call for urgent action to tackle obesity epidemic There is an urgent need for new dietary approaches and treatments to tackle the global health crisis of obesity in children and adults say experts. There is an urgent need for new dietary approaches and treatments to tackle the global health crisis of obesity in children and adults say Imperial experts. The worldwide prevalence of […]
June 11, 2018 Experts explain how personalised diabetes treatments can help patients Improving diagnosis and further understanding the role of genes in diabetes risk can pave the way for more personalised treatments, say researchers. Dr Ines Cebola, postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London, and Dr Shivani Misra, consultant in metabolic medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, presented their research on type 2 and rare diabetes, as […]