Professor Nick Oliver

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Professor Nick Oliver

Professor at Imperial College, London

Professor Nick Oliver is a clinical academic and consultant diabetologist. He holds the Wynn Chair in Human Metabolism (Clinical) at Imperial College, London.

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Emerging technologies in diabetes - 8th March 2017

Emerging technologies in diabetes

Cancer, Innovation, Women's Health
Can Thermal Imaging Detect Breast Cancer?
If Bal Gill had not chosen to visit the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions at Edinburgh’s Royal Mile earlier this year, there’s a good chance she would be facing …
Cancer
And Life Goes On
It is a while since I have written a blog. My disease has been stable for just over a year now and I have focused on living life as normally …
Neurology
Ayahuasca Compound Changes Brainwaves to vivid “Waking …
Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain’s electrical activity. DMT (or dimethyltryptamine) is one of the main psychoactive …
Paediatrics, Pregnancy, Women's Health
High-Fat Maternal Diet Can Cause Brain Damage …
A study team at MedUni Vienna’s Center for Brain Research has found that high-fat maternal diets can cause life-long changes in the brain of the unborn offspring. When a pregnant …
Heart & Lung, Innovation
Bionic Pacemaker Slows Progression of Heart Failure
Using brain circuits made in silicon, scientists have alleviated symptoms of heart failure by reinstating the body’s natural heart rhythm. This study published in The Journal of Physiology holds great …

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