UK Biobank data is powering research across scientific disciplines and across the globe. Read a selection of stories about how healthcare is being changed by discoveries made with our participants’ data.
Results
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Irregular bedtimes increase the risk of developing conditions ranging from depression to bipolar disorder, data from 100,000 UK Biobank participants suggest.
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Risk calculator developed with data from 200,000 UK Biobank participants estimates someone's likelihood of becoming ill from excess body fat.
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Data from more than 53,000 UK Biobank participants suggest that small improvements to sleep, diet and exercise have an outsized effect on heart health.
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Brain regions responsible for memory and emotion are affected by menopause, brain scans from 11,000 UK Biobank participants suggest.
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Test that distinguishes the debilitating condition from other diseases could spare many people a long, uncertain path to the correct diagnosis.
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One in four heart-failure cases in women might be preventable, health information from more than 230,000 female UK Biobank participants has revealed.
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Data from more than 2 million people, including UK Biobank participants, casts doubt on the belief that a drink a day is good for brain health.
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UK Biobank participants’ activity data suggest that our ‘one size fits all’ exercise guidelines need an overhaul.
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A condition that makes blood sugar appear falsely low can cause years‑long delays in type 2 diabetes diagnoses, UK Biobank data has revealed.
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Genetic information from healthy UK Biobank participants provides insight into an understudied disorder – and reveals a puzzle piece that could help to find treatments.
