Public health strategies aimed at tackling obesity at a population level through lifestyle changes are more appropriate for preventing type 2 diabetes than targeted interventions based on an individual’s genetic risk, according to a study led by the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. Over 380 million people worldwide are estimated to […]

Reuters have reported on an paper published by the Prevention group that has found that changes to healthy behaviour in the first year following diabetes diagnosis is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease over the next 5 years, and that the risk of cardiovascular disease is inversely associated with the  number of positive […]

Research led by Prof Simon Griffin and Dr Rebecca Simmons at the MRC Epidemiology Unit has won the British Medical Journal’s award for ‘Research Paper of the Year’ 2013. Professor Simon Griffin said: Our study was the first robust evaluation of diabetes screening and the results suggest its effectiveness may have been overestimated. Based on […]

Transfer of the MRC Epidemiology Unit to the University of Cambridge “To all research study participants who are currently or have previously participated in Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit research studies: With effect from Wednesday 1st May 2013 the MRC Epidemiology Unit will transfer to the University of Cambridge, creating a new University Unit […]

Study Identifies New Gene Variations Associated With Heart Rate New genetic variations associated with heart rate have been identified in a collaborative genome-wide study in which 268 researchers from 211 institutions, as well as six large research consortia joined forces. The study was led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai […]

In 2013 The Medical Research Council is celebrating 100 years of life-changing discoveries. The MRC has made thousands of medical discoveries over the past 100 years and to highlight some of these they are creating a web-based timeline which features 100 achievements. The MRC Achievements Timeline takes you through a century of discoveries and, using […]