FoLSM - A year in review - November

Drones delivering opioid overdose reversal kits could reach people more quickly than ambulances

Delivering opioid overdose reversal kits by drone could help stem the drug-related death crisis faced by the UK.

In a study published today in Addiction, researchers from King's used real-world data of fatal opioid overdoses where a bystander was present to show that drones could have reached 78% of cases within seven minutes - the benchmark time for the arrival of emergency services for Category 1 calls in England- a huge increase on the 14% reached by ambulances.

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14-hour fasting improves hunger, mood and sleep

Eating in a ten-hour window is associated with higher energy and mood and lower hunger levels, new results from the largest UK community science study of its kind shows.

Results from the trial are presented today by researchers from King’s at the European Nutrition Conference.

Intermittent fasting (IF), or restricting your food consumption to a set window, is a popular weight loss regime. A ten-hour window means limiting your daily eating schedule to ten hours and fasting for the remaining 14 hours. For example, if you eat your first bite at 9am, you must eat your last bite by 7pm.

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FoLSM researchers featured in 2023 Highly Cited Researcher List

Academics from the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researcher 2023 list from Clarivate.

Clarivate recognise a Highly Cited Researcher as an individual who has demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research, contributing disproportionately to extending the frontiers of knowledge and gaining for society innovations that make the world healthier, more sustainable and more secure. 

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Celebrating student success with the Schools of Bioscience and Medical Education

This month, the annual prize-giving ceremony for the School of Bioscience Education and the GKT School of Medical Education celebrated the achievements and hard work of students during the 2022-23 academic year.

Staff, students and their families and friends were ushered into the Greenwood Lecture Theatre on Guy’s Campus, where more than 160 prizes were awarded to acknowledge both academic and non-academic successes.

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