Claire J Steves

Oct 10, 2024 | kcl.ac.uk | Claire J Steves

The Department of Twin Research and BMEIS has marked their first year of research collaboration using multi-organ MR imaging in twins for ageing research. King's researchers have successfully completed the first year of a joint MR imaging project between the Department of Twin Research and the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences (BMEIS) that uses data from twins as part of a long-term study into health and ageing resilience.

Jun 6, 2024 | kcl.ac.uk | Claire J Steves |Nathan J. Cheetham

New analysis challenges prevailing assumptions about the distribution of older adults in Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Chris Whitty’s latest annual reportIn a report published this week in Clinical Medicine, researchers from the Centre for Ageing Resilience in a Changing Environment (CARICE) show that contrary to that suggested in Chris Whitty’s latest annual Chief Medical Officer (CMO) report for England, most older adults live in urban areas rather than rural areas.

Mar 1, 2024 | kcl.ac.uk | Claire J Steves

A daily fibre supplement improved brain function in over 60s in just 12 weeks. The study, published recently in Nature Communications by researchers from the School of Life Course & Population Sciences showed that this simple and cheap addition to diet can improve performance in memory tests associated with early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. However, the prebiotic supplements inulin and FOS were found to have no effect on muscle strength over this period.

Jan 24, 2024 | kcl.ac.uk | Claire J Steves

TwinsUK participants are the first pair of twins to be scanned at King’s as part of a unique study investigating early markers of disease and aging in identical and non-identical twins. The Twins MR Imaging Study, utilising the UK’s first MAGNETOM Free.Max, signifies a leap in the field of medical imaging. This state-of-the-art scanner, installed at the King’s Advanced MRI Centre, represents a collaborative effort to push the boundaries of accessibility and innovation in healthcare.

Jan 15, 2024 | thelancet.com | Martin C Gulliford |Claire J Steves

Several years into the COVID-19 pandemic, patients and members of the public might be asking themselves whether it is still necessary to attend for recommended COVID-19 vaccinations, or whether COVID-19 is now an infection of little concern? In The Lancet, Steven Kerr and colleaguesprovide important new evidence from analysis of population-based electronic health records for almost the entire population of the UK.