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Stroke prevention - the simple truth
From tracing missing patients to raiding dusty basements, Peter Rothwell has been finding new approaches to preventing stroke and cancer in some surprising places. He tells Lydia Harriss how the search for answers doesn’t ...
Cardiology
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Child's behavior linked to father-infant interactions, study shows
Children whose fathers are more positively engaged with them at age three months have fewer behavioural problems at age twelve months, according to new research funded by the Wellcome Trust. The study suggests that interventions ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Frequent antenatal screening dramatically reduces maternal mortality on Thai-Myanmar border
Frequent antenatal screening has allowed doctors to detect and treat malaria in its early stages on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, dramatically reducing the number of deaths amongst pregnant women.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Patterns of brain activity in response of emotional faces may help diagnose bipolar disorder
(Medical Xpress) -- Software programmed to recognise patterns of activity in the brain could help doctors diagnose mental illnesses more accurately in the future, according to research funded by the Wellcome ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 19, 2012 |
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Gene clue to drug resistance in African sleeping sickness
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have identified a gene that controls susceptibility to drug treatment in Trypanosoma brucei, the parasite responsible for African sleeping sickness.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 19, 2012 |
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Out of the shadows: Freeing families from mitochondrial inherited disease
(Medical Xpress) -- Mitochondrial inherited diseases (MIDs) can devastate families, but there is hope in the form of new techniques to prevent them passing from mother to child. Anjana Ahuja speaks to the ...
Medical research
Jun 12, 2012 |
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Nature or nurture? It may depend on where you live
The extent to which our development is affected by nature or nurture – our genetic make-up or our environment – may differ depending on where we live, according to new research.
Genetics
Jun 12, 2012 |
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Study links mental health problems to poor prognosis in male cancer patients
Men suffering from psychiatric problems when diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die from the disease, according to a new study part-funded by the Wellcome Trust. The findings also reveal that those with ...
Cancer
May 24, 2012 |
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Virtual reality allows researchers to measure brain activity during behavior at unprecedented resolution
Researchers have developed a new technique which allows them to measure brain activity in large populations of nerve cells at the resolution of individual cells. The technique, reported today in the journal Nature, has be ...
Neuroscience
May 09, 2012 |
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Delirium mouse model helps researchers understand the condition's causes
A new mouse model of delirium developed by Wellcome Trust researchers has provided an important insight into the mechanisms underlying the condition, bringing together two theories as to its causes. Details of the research ...
Medical research
May 01, 2012 |
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Artemisinin-resistant untreatable malaria increasing rapidly along the Thailand-Myanmar border: study
Evidence that the most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is becoming resistant to the front line treatment for malaria on the border of Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) is reported in The ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 05, 2012 |
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UK Biobank opens to researchers
A unique data resource of the health and lifestyles of half a million Britons - including 26 000 people with diabetes and 50 000 with joint disorders, 41 000 teetotallers, and 11 000 ...
Medical research
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Genome study confirms immune system link to disfiguring leg swelling
Genetic variants in a region of the genome linked to our immune response have been linked to increased risk of podoconiosis, a disfiguring and disabling leg swelling caused by an abnormal reaction to the minerals ...
Genetics
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Nuts and Bolts: Mitochondria
Hailed as the ‘powerhouses’ of the cell in thousands of textbooks, mitochondria rightly have a reputation as essential pieces of cellular machinery. Find out more with this quick guide by Chrissie ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 27, 2012 |
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The impossible staircase in our heads: how we visualise the world around us
(Medical Xpress) -- Our interpretation of the world around us may have more in common with the impossible staircase illusion than it does the real world, according to research published today in the open access ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 23, 2012 |
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