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Revival of heart stress test could change how patients are diagnosed

A heart test that has been downgraded in the international guidelines for its perceived inaccuracy has been given a jolt of life after a new study confirms...

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King's imaging facilities at St Thomas' Hospital achieve outstanding patient feedback results

Patient feedback surveys from the imaging services at St Thomas' Hospital have found that participants reported an increasingly positive experience at the...

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IoPPN successes at King's Engaged Researcher Awards 2024

Inaugural celebration of public engagement at King’s brought together staff, students and community partners to showcase excellence in a variety of different...

IoPPN award winners at KERN 2024

Friendship Bench 'grandmothers' could help control HIV

Friendship Bench therapy delivered by community ‘grandmothers’ could empower people living with HIV to take their medication, according to new research by...

Grandmother conducting a problem solving therapy session with a young female client on the Friendship Bench  at a primary care clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe

Novel medical imaging technology enables detailed visualisation of the human heart

King’s researchers in collaboration with Siemens Healthineers have created a 3D visualization of the human heart via a novel technology based on Magnetic...

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Mood interventions may reduce inflammation in Crohn's and Colitis

New King’s College London research reveals that interventions which improve mood can reduce levels of inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease...

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Dr Francesca Mattedi receives the 2022 Tadion Rideal Prize

The prize recognises her doctoral thesis titled "Optogenetic approaches to study mitochondrial dynamics and function: implications for neuronal ageing"

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TwinsUK twins undergo first MRI Scan in study on healthy ageing

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...

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Community perinatal mental health teams reduce risk of mental health relapse after childbirth

Women with a history of severe mental illness face a lower risk of relapse after giving birth in regions where they have access to a community perinatal...

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Pioneering dance performance explores 'living well with technology' at King's Chapel

Strand Campus played host to a dance performance with a difference in 'Feedback Loops' on 18 January.

Feedback Loops performance in the King’s Chapel, dancer Anna Spink

Applications open for three new studentships at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health

The ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health invite prospective students to apply for new studentships aligned with its key research areas, with a focus on...

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Passing of Professor Emeritus Newell W Johnson

It is with profound sadness we write to inform the KCL community that Emeritus Professor Newell Walter Johnson passed away on 20 January 2024.

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Incisionless device could revolutionise treatment for diabetes, liver disease and severe obesity

A completely incisionless device that replicates metabolic surgery without making any cuts could surpass current technologies for managing metabolic...

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New study reports first known use of Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) in an animal subject

Researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences have published a new study exploring the use of Positron Emission Particle Tracking...

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New species of bacteria discovered in unusual human infection

Researchers at King’s and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust have discovered a new species of bacteria, named Variovorax Durovernensis, as a source of a patient’s...

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