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Surgeons preparing for an operation

Children in poorer countries face almost sixfold higher risk of dying after emergency surgery

07 May 2026

Children who need life‑saving emergency surgery after a serious injury are almost six times more likely to die if in poorer countries than in...

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Nurse using pulse oximeter on hospitalised patient

‘Racism infiltrates every aspect of medicine’: New ‘blueprint’ for anti-racist healthcare in the UK launched

20 Apr 2026

The first medical textbook on anti-racist healthcare, launching in Parliament on Monday, warns that ethnic inequalities still run deep throughout UK...

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Liz Samuel

Cambridge to Careers: How my degree prepared me to be a confident doctor

18 Mar 2026

From a small Welsh town to top of her Cambridge medical exams, Liz Samuel discovered resilience, self-belief and ballroom dancing. She’s now returned...

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Doctor listening to a man's heart with a stethoscope

AI stethoscope can help spot ‘silent epidemic’ of heart valve disease earlier than GPs, study suggests

10 Feb 2026

Artificial intelligence could help doctors detect serious heart valve disease years earlier, potentially saving thousands of lives, a new study...

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Eoin McKinney, Mihaela van der Schaar and Andres Floto

Opinion: AI can transform health and medicine

07 Apr 2025

AI has the potential to transform health and medicine. It won't be straightforward, but if we get it right, the benefits could be enormous. Andres...

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Weasel testicles, stargazing and royal remedies: medieval medicine examined in Curious Cures exhibition

27 Mar 2025

Ancient manuscripts reveal complex theories behind the terrifying treatments of the medieval era

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Professor Duncan Richards appointed as Head of Department of Medicine

06 Dec 2024

Professor Duncan Richards has today been announced as the new Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge.

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Illustration of T cells attacking cancer cells

Supertroopers: CAR-T cell cancer therapy

16 Oct 2024

A life-saving cancer therapy is being scaled up in Cambridge to deliver more treatments to more patients for more cancers.

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Training AI models to answer ‘what if?’ questions could improve medical treatments

19 Apr 2024

Machines can learn not only to make predictions, but to handle causal relationships. An international research team shows how this could make medical...

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Doctor examining a patient

Having a ‘regular doctor’ can significantly reduce GP workload, study finds

23 Feb 2024

If all GP practices moved to a model where patients saw the same doctor at each visit, it could significantly reduce doctor workload while improving...

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A habitable planet for healthy humans

13 Dec 2023

Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the connections between planetary and public health.

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Cambridge Biomedical Campus panoramic view

A very healthy relationship: the University and the NHS

03 Jul 2023

As the NHS celebrates its 75th anniversary, we look at how the close relationship between the University and the hospitals on its doorstep is driving...

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