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First-of-its-kind breastfeeding research centre to open
The University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland, is planning to increase its research in the child and youth development area by creating a new centre...
Is a DASH diet linked to reduced risk of depression?
According to a new study from Rush University Medical Center, US, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or a DASH diet of vegetables, fruits and...
How effective is this ‘wonder drug’ for alcohol use disorders?
A new study by researchers from the University of Liverpool has demonstrated the ineffectiveness of a so-called ‘wonder drug’ used to treat alcohol use...
The fight against obesity and Type 2 diabetes
A collaboration between the University of Cambridge's Nanoscience Centre and MedImmune is taking great strides towards safer and more effective treatment of obesity and...
Personalising cancer treatment with lab-grown mini tumours
A major new study on bowel and stomach tumours has reported that replicating a patient’s tumour in the lab to create mini tumours and...
Newly adapted HIV test will help diagnose Zika virus
Researchers from New York University (NYU), US, are developing a test for Zika virus that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the virus...
Do surgery and anaesthesia cause memory issues?
A new study has suggested that patients who have recently had surgery and anaesthesia may score slightly lower on certain memory tests.
To understand the...
Young adults at greater risk of developing infectious tuberculosis
A total of 1.8 million young people between the ages of ten and 24 are estimated to develop tuberculosis (TB) every year, with 20...
Alcohol use disorders are biggest risk factor for dementia
A new nationwide observational study has found that alcohol use disorders are the biggest risk factors for all types of dementia, especially early-onset dementia.
The...
EU-supported wearable laser cures chronic skin conditions
EU-funded scientists have developed a wearable laser that will blast the skin with light and treat chronic skin conditions such as acne, actinic keratosis...
CRUK announces £45m investment in cancer clinical trials
Cancer Research UK is to invest £45m (~€50.8m) into its network of cancer clinical trials units (CTUs) across the UK, one of the charity’s...
Discovering autism in children using blood and urine tests
Researchers at the University of Warwick, UK, have developed new tests to help indicate autism in children which monitors changes in the blood and...
Newcastle Initiative on Changing Age
Newcastle University began research into ageing with pioneering work on dementia in the 1960s and 1970s.
The university was one of the first to recognise...
Malaria research method sees patients deliberately infected with parasite
To aid malaria research, a new process from the University of Tubingen, Germany, has been tested whereby individuals are infected with malaria to help...
Failing to recognise own memory problems is a predictor of Alzheimer’s
A team of researchers at McGill University, Canada, have confirmed that people susceptible to dementia who are unable to recognise their memory problems are...
Strong link to cancer and ultra-processed foods
New research from the Universite Sorbonne Paris Cite, France, suggests there is a substantial link between the consumption of ultra-processed foods and risk of...
Short children have higher risk of having strokes
New Danish research has found a link between shorter children and an increased risk of having a cerebrovascular accident later in adult life.
The study...
Playing video games can improve motility after a cerebral infarction
New research reveals that motility issues following a cerebral infarction can be improved by a type of cognitive training which includes video games.
The study,...
CureVac’s influenza and malaria vaccines receive further funding
German-based biopharmaceutical company CureVac has been awarded two new grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue helping develop influenza and malaria...
Sibling bullying severely increases risk of psychotic disorders
New research from the University of Warwick, UK, has found that victims of sibling bullying in childhood are three times more likely to develop...