The Latest Breaking News from UK Biobank

Lower socioeconomic status ‘triples risk of early-onset dementia’

People from less privileged background at greater risk of developing condition under age of 65, study finds

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies

Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance firms despite pledge it would not do so

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023

Half a million of us want to donate our data to British science, but it’s languishing unused because of privacy fears

Data supplied to UK Biobank UK is not for sale, it’s not for trivial or suspect use, it’s for the good of humankind, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

How much salt is too much? Heart health study has a new answer

A study looked at the link between how frequently people added salt to their meals and the incidence of heart disease.

Inverse · Dec 5, 2022

New research shows that tea drinking may be linked to lower risk of death

Data reported by UK Biobank has made the suggestion that those who drink two or more cups of black tea every day have a lower risk of mortality across the board.

Glasgow Live · Aug 30, 2022

Lifestyle: Do you know frequent naps and high blood pressure are interlinked?

The findings of the study were published in Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 28, 2022

Frequent nappers more at risk of high blood pressure and strokes, study reveals

A higher percentage of frequent nappers were men, and had lower education and income levels than non-nappers, it found

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

One in 500 men carry extra sex chromosome, research suggests

Prevalence in UK study twice as high as thought, putting them at higher risk of health issues

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2022