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Just months after the end of the second world war, the longest running study of health over the human life course in the world began – and it’s still going.
New study finds that glasses may help protect from catching coronavirus. But we need more evidence.
Cohorts, or groups of people, are followed over time in longitudinal studies – imagine the study subjects marching forward together through the years, like a group of soldiers.
Long-term studies help identify new risk factors for disease and how we might address them.
The Medical Research Council’s National Survey of Health and Development turns 70 this month, and is more ambitious than ever.
There’s no doubt chronic alcohol abuse changes the body’s infection-defence system. But here’s what the research says on whether a binge-drinking weekend can make people more susceptible to illness.
Children who were bullied had more than a two-fold increase in odds of depression later in life compared with children not victimised by their peers.
Many people participate in biomedical research and it is estimated that one in 30 of us is enrolled in a cohort study at any one time. These studies contribute to, and enhance, our understanding of health…
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