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Anna Chaplin is a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychiatry who studies the association between depression and cardiovascular health in young people. Here, she tells us about teaching herself to code, her department’s support of students, and putting your mental health first. 

Chris Skidmore, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, announced on 10 July 2019 a £30 million award to the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge to support the new Cambridge Heart and Lung Research Institute (HLRI).

People with heart disease are more likely to suffer from depression, and the opposite is also true. Now, scientists at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge believe they have identified a link between these two conditions: inflammation – the body’s response to negative environmental factors, such as stress. 

Offspring whose mothers had a complicated pregnancy may be at greater risk of heart disease in later life, according to a new study in sheep. ̽»¨Ö±²¥research, led by a team at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, suggests that our cards may be marked even before we are born.

Women who experience pregnancy loss and do not go on to have children are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, such as heart disease and stroke, compared with women who have only one or two children, according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of North Carolina.

A study in mice has shown that it may be possible to detect the early signs of atherosclerosis, which leads to blocked arteries, by looking at how cells in our blood vessels change their function.

Even low doses of toxic chemicals in the environment pose a significant risk to cardiovascular health, according to a report in today’s edition of ̽»¨Ö±²¥BMJ, led by researchers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. ̽»¨Ö±²¥researchers have also challenged the omission of environmental risk factors such as toxic metal contaminants in water and foods from the recent World Health Organization report on non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Is it time to ditch the car and find a more active way of getting to work? It could save your life, say Oliver Mytton and Jenna Panter from the MRC Epidemiology Unit, writing for ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation.

Regularly drinking more than the recommended UK guidelines for alcohol could take years off your life, according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. Part-funded by the British Heart Foundation, the study shows that drinking more alcohol is associated with a higher risk of stroke, fatal aneurysm, heart failure and death.

Over a half of stroke patients require a degree of help with taking medicine and a sizeable minority say they do not receive as much assistance as they need, according a study published today in the journal BMJ Open.