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Gordon Robb, a former vice-president of a biotech company, is taking part in a new British Heart Foundation-funded clinical trial.

Initiatives such as London’s ULEZ can be a model for other cities. But even more could be done to save lives and protect us from deadly toxins in the air, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Results of research offer hope to older women – but it will be several years at least before technique is approved

While GLP-1 drugs promise an easy fix, our bodies still need what they have always needed: healthy food and regular exercise, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, Prof Devi Sridhar

University of Edinburgh staff have already walked out for nine days in 2025 in a dispute over the institution’s plans to make £140 million of cuts.

Russia’s wartime economy is getting weaker as the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth anniversary, according to a recent report by PeaceRep, a research group led by the University of Edinburgh. The report, Against the Clock? Why Russia’s War Economy is Running Out of Time, finds that Russia is being…

An early flu season, a new variant and poor takeup of vaccines leave the already vulnerable health service in a dangerous position, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

New research shows a fourfold increase in the numbers of young people using specialist mental health care in the last two decades

They face long hours, mediocre pay and, at worst, no job, but their optimism is astonishing – let’s support them better, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh