Ready to Change? New behavioural change website launches

A new website which can help people to understand their unhealthy behaviours and help them to understand the changes they might need to make is launching in Norfolk. Ready to Change offers people the opportunity to make small changes to help tackle unhealthy behaviours, focusing on four of the biggest lifestyle behaviours: alcohol consumption, physical […]

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Ready to Change? New behavioural change website launches

A new website which can help people to understand their unhealthy behaviours and help them to understand the changes they might need to make is launching in Norfolk. Ready to Change offers people the opportunity to make small changes to help tackle unhealthy behaviours, focusing on four of the biggest lifestyle behaviours: alcohol consumption, physical […]

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Foot Disease: Most feared of all the consequences of diabetes

Neuropad® a 10-minute pain-free screening test for the early detection of diabetic foot syndrome, a condition which can lead to serious complications such as foot ulceration, and amputation is raising awareness about this condition. Foot complications are the most feared of all the complications of diabetes, however, alarmingly, 30% of people with diabetes are unaware […]

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Foot Disease: Most feared of all the consequences of diabetes

Neuropad® a 10-minute pain-free screening test for the early detection of diabetic foot syndrome, a condition which can lead to serious complications such as foot ulceration, and amputation is raising awareness about this condition. Foot complications are the most feared of all the complications of diabetes, however, alarmingly, 30% of people with diabetes are unaware […]

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Lighting the way at Edinburgh University

Pioneering work by researchers from the School of Biological Sciences at Edinburgh University reveals how invisible triggers orchestrate the earliest-known stages of a key life process, and may help offer clues to improving ways of treating diseases such as cancer. As part of the processes of renewal and repair that keep our bodies ticking over, […]

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Lighting the way at Edinburgh University

Pioneering work by researchers from the School of Biological Sciences at Edinburgh University reveals how invisible triggers orchestrate the earliest-known stages of a key life process, and may help offer clues to improving ways of treating diseases such as cancer. As part of the processes of renewal and repair that keep our bodies ticking over, […]

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Brain cell development and risk of schizophrenia

Scientists from Keele and Cardiff Universities have discovered new links between the breakdown in brain cell development and the risk of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Genetic risk factors are known to disrupt brain development in a number of these disorders, but little is known about which aspects of this process are affected. This research […]

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Brain cell development and risk of schizophrenia

Scientists from Keele and Cardiff Universities have discovered new links between the breakdown in brain cell development and the risk of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Genetic risk factors are known to disrupt brain development in a number of these disorders, but little is known about which aspects of this process are affected. This research […]

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Group B Strep Support (GBSS) Awareness Month is July 1 – July 2022

What is Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)? Strep agalactiae refers to the round bacteria that grow in chains and that was found to be a human potential pathogen responsible for a number of infections that most commonly affect pregnant women and newborns. […]

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Group B Strep Support (GBSS) Awareness Month is July 1 – July 2022

What is Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep)? Strep agalactiae refers to the round bacteria that grow in chains and that was found to be a human potential pathogen responsible for a number of infections that most commonly affect pregnant women and newborns. […]

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