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New Plays Inspire Drug Abuse Prevention Through Real Stories

Tunnels was inspired by ‘life stories’ developed by counsellors and researchers working in the substance abuse field and by Howard Craft, the local playwright…

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Hormone Therapy and Heart Disease: Age Matters for Women

WHAT: Secondary analyses of findings from the Women¡¦s Health Initiative (WHI) suggest that women who begin hormone therapy within 10 years of menopause may…

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Cancer Cure Progress: Queensland’s First Tissue Bank Launch

The Tissue Bank is the first of its kind in Queensland to provide a widely available and diversified collection of ethically consented and clinically annotated…

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Rabies-Based Vaccine Shows Promise Against HIV in New Study

Reporting April 1, 2007 in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the scientists showed that two years after the initial vaccination, four vaccinated non-human…

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Drugs for Parkinson's disease may ease stroke-related disability

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis showed that stroke damage in a brain region known as the putamen is strongly linked to…

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Red Meat Consumption Linked to Breast Cancer Risk in Women

The findings are most striking for post-menopausal women – those with the highest intake of red meat, the equivalent to one portion a day (more than 57 grams)…

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New Smell Test May Detect Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

A new medical device in development by University of Cincinnati researchers may sniff out olfactory disorders that could be an early warning of Alzheimer’s…

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Insulin Receptors Boost Islet Cell Growth, Joslin Study Finds

A new Joslin-led study has identified the insulin receptor as an important protein that promotes islet cell growth in mice whose bodies are unable to use…

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Rush Researchers Join Global AIDS Initiative with Innovative Device

The CD4 Initiative will develop an easy to use device that can measure CD4+ T-lymphocytes in HIV+ patients. The CD4 cell count measures the number of these…

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Early Prostate Cancer Prognosis: PSA Levels and Insights

The research team measured concentrations of PSA (Prostate-specific Antigen) in the blood of a group of cancer patients and then monitored the development of…

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Imaging Techniques Revealing New Insights in Heart Failure

Using a nuclear medicine technique and molecular imaging to “see” programmed cell loss—the body’s normal way of getting rid of unneeded or abnormal cells—may…

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‘NO’ allergic reaction linked to hayfever

Dr Jo Bright and Dr John Hancock of the University of the West of England have found evidence that nitric oxide (NO) and nitrite is released by pollen grains,…

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Companies Join Forces for Food Innovation in Health Research

The founder company members of the new Diet and Health Research Industry Club are: Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd, Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association,…

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Protecting Unborn Children: Malaria Research Insights

The review study consolidated the results of four African trials involving more than 6,000 women. It showed conclusively that using ITNs reduced the number of…

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York Mathematician Explores Geometry to Combat Viruses

Dr Reidun Twarock, an Anniversary Reader in the Departments of Biology and Mathematics, will study the structure and assembly of viruses, which will help to…

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Brain's Fear Response Could Help Treat Pain And Anxiety

Speaking at the British Neuroscience Association annual meeting in Harrogate, in association with Neuroscience Ireland, Dr Finn and his team from the…

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