Recently, the World Health Organisation has highlighted that child obesity is a major problem. More than 40 million pre-school children worldwide are now overweight, the UK being no exception. Child obesity tends to track ...
Nov 6, 2014
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A reluctance to do any reading may be a classic sign of dyslexia, but there may be other tell-tale signs that can raise a parent's concern according to Joanna Dunton of Bangor University's Miles Dyslexia Centre.
Nov 3, 2014
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The differences between children's and adult palliative care services are too wide for young people with life-limiting conditions to negotiate, according to research by Bangor University. Commenting on the findings, the researchers ...
Oct 21, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—The hallmark of cancer is uncontrolled cell growth directed by a cell cycle engine gone into overdrive. The centrepiece of this engine is the enzyme Cdc2 kinase. While Cdc2 kinase is tightly regulated in ...
Jun 11, 2014
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A psychologist at Bangor University has been fascinated by the the #nomakeupselfie social media phenomenon seen on social media this week.
Mar 24, 2014
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Peregrine Laziosi (1265–1345), an Italian priest, became the patron saint of cancer patients when the tumour in his left leg miraculously disappeared after he developed a fever. Although it is known since a long time that ...
Mar 19, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—The time taken to diagnose some of the more common cancers – from the point when a patient first reports a possible symptom to their general practitioner (GP) – fell in adults by an average of five ...
Feb 5, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—To better understand the underlying causes of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), psychologists have been using brain scanning to compare brain structures in people with ASD and the general population. Keen ...
Jan 29, 2014
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It turns out that we may not be as good at bargain hunting and taking advantage of supermarket 'offers' as we think. That's according to early results from a study which brain-scanned people undertaking a 'virtual' supermarket ...
Dec 23, 2013
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Two academics from Bangor University's renowned Business School have been applying their knowledge of marketing and managerial studies to investigate a new medium for getting the no-smoking message across- the cigarette itself.
Dec 23, 2013
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