Weighing in for the Cambridge Baby Growth Study

How does your baby grow?

31 October 2011

A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth – and is already adding to our understanding of the development of life-threatening conditions, including obesity. ̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ scientists who led the research now plan to follow the same children through another key phase of development - puberty.

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Lubbock Heart Hospital, Dec 16-17, 2005

A Greek tragedy in health?

10 October 2011

Cambridge-led research documents rises in HIV, heroin use, prostitution, homicides and suicides in the wake of the Greek financial crisis.

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Douglas Crawford-Brown.

Placing water into the picture for climate change

22 August 2011

As World Water Week, an annual week-long global conference on water provision and sustainability, begins in Stockholm, Dr Douglas Crawford-Brown explains how the world needs to prepare for the consequences climate change is likely to have on people's access to this vital resource.

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Womb and prostate cancer link revealed

18 April 2011

Scientists have carried out the first ever genome scan for womb cancer and discovered a genetic region that reduces risk of the disease, according to a Cambridge study published in Nature Genetics on Sunday, 17 April.

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Why more education lowers dementia risk

23 July 2010

A team of researchers from the UK and Finland has discovered why people who stay in education longer have a lower risk of developing dementia; a question that has puzzled scientists for the past decade.

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