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June 22, 2023

Anthony Nolan award winners at prestigious ceremony

Researchers win prestigious awards for dedication to lifesaving research in support of Anthony Nolan: Dr Robert Wynn, Consultant Paediatric Haematologist at the Manchester Children’s Hospital,...

June 21, 2023

Hope and female choice when it comes to fertility

Hope and female choice at the heart of a striking Fertility Trends 2021 report, but too many fertility patients are paying for their own medical...

June 21, 2023

Prediction tool for blood cancer therapies

Prediction tool developed to determine benefit of blood cancer treatment: Since its introduction in 2015, a prediction tool developed by the European Society of Medical...

June 21, 2023

Spider venom for MND research receives funding

Spider venom for MND research receives funding: Research using venom from a rare tarantula is one of two University of Queensland projects which have received...

June 21, 2023

Brain receptor patterns separate sensory and cognitive networks

Receptor patterns define key organisational principles in the brain, scientists have discovered. An international team of researchers, studying macaque brains, have mapped out neurotransmitter receptors,...

June 19, 2023

Playing golf had a positive impact on older Finnish golfers’ physical activity

The physical activity of older golfers in Finland increased and their quality of life remained on a good level despite COVID-19 restrictions, according to a...

June 19, 2023

Childhood LPA is more effective than MVPA in reducing inflammation

Increased sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood worsened low-grade inflammation in a new follow-up study. However, the results also showed that light physical activity...

June 19, 2023

Cervical Screening Awareness Week 19th – 24th June 2023

This week is important. It’s Cervical Screening Awareness Week 2023 (19th - 24th June 2023). Going for your cervical screening isn’t always easy, and everyone’s...

June 15, 2023

WFH doesn’t have to be a pain

Working from home doesn’t have to be a pain in the neck…or back: More than 2.5 million people in the UK are currently not working...

June 15, 2023

Beta-2 agonists not associated with a lower risk of Parkinson’s

Beta-2 agonists are bronchodilators commonly used in the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although beta-2 agonists have been associated with a...