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Fat body slim

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions and the World Health Organisation estimates that, by 2015, about 3 billion adults will be overweight or obese worldwide. These individuals will be at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer and osteoarthritis.

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Who do you trust?

Statisticians welcome a call to make official statistics independent - but can it really be done in one hour?

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Helping men with early prostate cancer

A new online tool developed with the help of statisticians enables patients to make informed treatment choices.

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What are sigma levels?

What do physicists at CERN mean when they talk about "sigma levels"?

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Plus advent calendar door #3: How to evaluate a medical treatment

It's the time of the year for cough sweets, flu medication and paracetamol. But how do we know these and other medicines really work?

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Clearing the air: Making indoor spaces COVID safe

New research shows that ventilation is crucial and that masks are effective.

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Keeping people safe at large events

How can sporting events, concerts, or festivals be kept safe in the face of rising COVID-19 infections?

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Maths helps curb COVID-19 in schools

UK Schools have received more than 300,000 CO₂ monitors as part of a government initiative that has received significant input from mathematicians.

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What is financial mathematics?

Tim Johnson was drawn into financial maths, not through an interest in finance, but because he was interested in making good decisions in the face of uncertainty. Tim explores the development of this interface between abstract mathematics and our everyday lives, and explains why a painting may only…

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Plus podcast 22, February 2010: Evaluating a medical treatment

New treatments and drugs are tested extensively before they come on the market using randomised controlled trials (RCTs). We talk to David Spiegelhalter (Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk), Sheila Bird (Professor at the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit), and Nigel Hawkes (journalist and director of Straight Statistics).

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Fat body slim

Who do you trust?

Helping men with early prostate cancer

What are sigma levels?

Plus advent calendar door #3: How to evaluate a medical treatment

Clearing the air: Making indoor spaces COVID safe

Keeping people safe at large events

Maths helps curb COVID-19 in schools

What is financial mathematics?

Plus podcast 22, February 2010: Evaluating a medical treatment

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