Professor Simon Thompson, Director of Research, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, was elected to the Academy Fellowship following the Council meeting in April 2011. Forty distinguished medical researchers will be recognised for the contributions to medical science this year. “Fellowship of the Academy is based on exceptional contributions to the medical sciences either […]
Theory Goes Pear Shaped: “Apple Shape” No Worse For Heart
A new international study funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) challenges the idea that obese people with an apple shape (fat deposition on the middle of the body) are at higher risk of heart attacks and strokes than obese people with other types of fat distribution. The Emerging […]
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