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Acute loss of sense of smell should be considered globally as a criterion for self-isolation, testing, and contact tracing for Covid-19 infection according to researchers at UCLH and UCL.

A study supported by the NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre carried out at UCL has found that people who have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are up to twice as likely to develop dementia later in life.

Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from more invasive treatment, new research involving UCLH has shown.

UCLH has retendered and awarded five-year contracts to two companies to provide estates and facilities services across UCLH.

A pioneering breast cancer therapy developed by UCLH and UCL, which requires just one shot of radiotherapy rather than conventional weeks-long treatment, has proven to be as effective for most women in treating the disease.