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- 23 February 2017
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A psychological treatment known as behavioural activation can help prevent older people with mild symptoms of depression from developing more severe, clinical, depression, a study has found.
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- 23 February 2017
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Scientists at the Universities of Leeds, York and Helsinki say they are a step closer to cracking what researchers have called the ‘Enigma code’ of the common cold virus.
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- 20 February 2017
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Carbon emissions across all nine Amazon nations have been fully matched by carbon absorption by mature Amazon forests since the 1980s, new research shows.
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- 16 February 2017
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New international standards for green communication technology have been backed by the world’s largest professional body for engineers.
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- 14 February 2017
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GPs want more support when offering drugs that lower the risk of certain cancers, a new report by the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ and Cancer Research UK reveals.
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- 1 February 2017
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Scientists have identified new ways to provide vaccines against polio, which do not require the growth of live virus for their manufacture.
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- 31 January 2017
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The results of a £17 million investment in advanced biological research equipment have been unveiled at the University today, with the official opening of the Astbury BioStructure Laboratory.
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- 30 January 2017
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The size of a lorry's windscreen can have a dramatic impact on the safety of other road users, according to a series of experiments conducted by psychologists at the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥.
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- 26 January 2017
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A new treatment for Clostridium difficile (C.diff) reduces recurrent infections by nearly 40%, a large study has found.
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- 25 January 2017
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The first ever comparison of six of the major global flood risk monitoring computer models has revealed wide discrepancies between the information they provide.
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- 25 January 2017
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Restricting the use of a common antibiotic was more important than a high profile 'deep clean' of hospitals in massively reducing UK antibiotic resistant Clostridium difficile, a major study found.
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- 24 January 2017
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A new £6.8m medical imaging centre which aims to transform the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from cancer, heart disease and musculoskeletal diseases has opened.
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- 19 January 2017
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A prototype robotic sleeve, which can wrap around a weak heart before synchronising with its natural motion to help it keep beating, has been developed by an international team of engineers.
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- 13 January 2017
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More than 200 scientists have signed up to a tissue-sharing database designed to reduce the number of animals needed for biomedical research.
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- 11 January 2017
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A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis can reduce the risk of heart attacks in such patients by nearly 40%, a new study has found.