Latest press releases

The latest Great Ormond Street Hospital press releases are collected here. For our general news and feature pieces, please access our news area.

Children at risk of eating disorders have higher IQ and better working memory

15 Oct 2012, 1:29 p.m.

Children at risk for eating disorders on average have a higher IQ and better working memory but are less able to control automatic thoughts, according to researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH).

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Obesity and under-nutrition prevalent in long-term refugees living in camps

2 Oct 2012, 11:52 a.m.

A quarter of households in refugee camps in Algeria are currently suffering from the double burden of excess weight and under-nutrition.

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New global benchmarks to measure lung function

3 Sep 2012, 1:17 p.m.

New research led by the UCL Institute of Child Health has established the first global benchmarks for assessing lung function in different age and ethnic groups.

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Heart and renal transplant patients to represent Great Ormond Street Hospital in the British Transplant Games

23 Aug 2012, 5:16 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital heart and renal transplant patients will get a taste of the Olympics when they represent the hospital at the 2012 British Transplant Games.

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Comment on International and Private Patients Service

22 Aug 2012, 11:12 a.m.

Plans by the Department of Health and UK Trade and Investment to encourage more NHS hospitals to explore international opportunities have been widely covered in the media. Some news articles have mentioned the existing international work done by Great Orm

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