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Cambridge researchers have cast doubt on whether new amyloid immunotherapy drugs will have the desired effect of significantly reducing the impact of Alzheimer’s disease.

Moving your body and mind can help promote mental wellbeing in the workplace, say Cambridge researchers.

Twelve academics from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have been ranked among the top female scientists in the world - with one claiming the top spot for Europe.

New autism diagnoses tend to be clustered within specific NHS service regions, suggesting that where an individual lives may influence whether they receive an autism diagnosis and access to special education needs support.

Around one in 57 (1.76%) children in the UK is on the autistic spectrum, significantly higher than previously reported, according to a study of more than seven million children carried out by researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge’s Department of Psychiatry, in collaboration with researchers from Newcastle ̽»¨Ö±²¥ and Maastricht ̽»¨Ö±²¥.

COVID-19 has highlighted debilitating flaws in England’s public health systems decades in the making. Carol Brayne and John Clarkson from Cambridge Public Health, a new interdisciplinary centre, argue that a radical rethink is long overdue. They recommend bringing a ‘systems approach’ to the challenges, to help make our public health system fit for the future – for everyone. 

̽»¨Ö±²¥proportion of people aged over 65 on antidepressants has more than doubled in two decades, according to new research led by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of East Anglia (UEA).

̽»¨Ö±²¥first large-scale study of autism in China has revealed that around one in a hundred people in China has an autism spectrum condition – the same figure as found in the West.

Improvements in public health, education and medicine mean that our lives are much longer than at any point in human history. Thanks to studies of volunteers from the eastern region, we may be able to spend these extra years living independently and in good health.

People who feel in control of their lives and who find purpose and meaning in life are less likely to have anxiety disorders even when going through the toughest times, according to a study led by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.