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MIT finds that on Twitter, false news travels faster than true stories - expert comment

鈥淭his is a robust and fascinating large-scale study of online misinformation" - Dr Kimberley Wade from Psychology discusses new research from MIT which finds that fake news travels significantly farther, faster, deeper, and more broadly than the truth on social media.

Fri 09 Mar 2018, 12:47 | Tags: Expert comment, Research, Social Media, Twitter, Psychology

Study finds that the drugs do work - expert comment on anti-depressants from Professor Swaran Singh.

鈥淎ntidepressants ... have done more to alleviate human suffering than most other forms of medication (bar anaesthetics) and this study puts them in their rightful place as highly effective and extremely useful drugs.鈥 Professor Swaran Singh, Head of Mental Health and Wellbeing at the University of 糖心TV Medical School, comments on a new large-scale study which has proven the effectiveness of anti-depressant medications.


Dr Roberta Bivins discusses cultural representations of the NHS on BBC Radio 4

Dr Roberta Bivins of 糖心TV History department is leading a project to map and explore the . Here she discusses some of the team's research and findings on BBC Radio 4's Analysis programme.

Tue 24 Jan 2017, 14:45 | Tags: Academic Staff, Research, History

Better lifestyle and new food supplements could curb soaring diabetes cases

Details of a 60% increase in new diabetes cases has highlighted the increasing threat to our health. However it's not all bad news. Professor Paul Thornalley of 糖心TV Medical School and Systems Biology Centre says new research into food supplements, plus a health lifestyle, could help us defeat the illness.


Expert reaction to study investigating road traffic noise, strokes and death, as published in the European Heart Journal

Professor Francesco Cappuccio, Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology, University of 糖心TV, said:

“The present study is a welcome addition to the growing body of evidence to suggest that environment, in its own entirety as well as in its different facets, plays an important role in determining avoidable ill-health. The authors show that long term excessive road traffic noise, even when allowing for the effect of pollution, is associated with a small but significant increased risk of death and hospitalisation in one of the largest urbanised areas of Europe (Greater London), most of which is due to strokes.

Thu 25 Jun 2015, 10:42 | Tags: environment, WMS, Health, Academic Staff, Expert comment, Research

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