Author: Tom Seymour

A major review of prior research has found no evidence that menopause hormone therapy either increases or decreases dementia risk in post-menopausal women, in a new study led by University College London researchers and supported by the University of Exeter. The findings, commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, add much-needed clarity to a hotly debated topic, and reinforce current clinical guidance that menopause hormone therapy, also called hormone replacement therapy…

Cultural traditions such as Christmas influence the moral judgments of children about eating animals. That’s according to new research from the University of Exeter, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, which found childhood is a pivotal period for negotiating complex values around the cultural acceptability of eating meat. Research shows young children generally display greater moral concern for animals than adults and often think it’s not acceptable to eat them and struggle with the idea of eating…

A jockey who switched careers to focus on neuroscience research following injury was among those celebrating at the University of Exeter’s winter graduation. Tommy Eyston, 25, completed a Masters in Neuroscience at Exeter and received a distinction while also riding as an amateur jockey. Having also ridden as an amateur before her studies, Tommy decided to go professional as a conditional jockey after completing an undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Bristol in 2022. As a…

Researchers at the University of Exeter have received almost £4 million of funding for their work in understanding type 1 diabetes. The awards have come from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and are the latest example of the extensive financial support Helmsley has given research projects at the University over the past nine years. To date, the Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded $10,637,854 (£7.98 million) to research at Exeter into type 1 diabetes. Professor…

Twenty-four clinicians and laboratory technicians have enrolled in a bespoke training programme designed to strengthen the diagnosis and treatment of deadly fungal diseases. With infections soaring globally and two million deaths every year, the programme was hugely oversubscribed as health professionals urgently seek to master early detection techniques that can save lives.  Fungal infections pose a significant and growing threat to global health, with the heaviest burden falling on low- and middle-income countries. The increasing number of new fungal cases appearing in hospitals worldwide is…

A new study has found African lions produce not one, but two distinct types of roars – a discovery set to transform wildlife monitoring and conservation efforts. Researchers at the University of Exeter have identified a previously unclassified “intermediary roar” alongside the famous full-throated roar. The study, published in Ecology and Evolution, used artificial intelligence to automatically differentiate between lion roars for the first time. This new approach had a 95.4 per cent accuracy and significantly reduced human…