How cancer recharges its batteries

Stealing from the body is how cancer recharges its batteries, according to research published in the journal, Blood. Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), funded by the Rosetrees Trust and The Big C Charity, found that healthy bone marrow stromal cells were made to transfer their power-generating mitochondria to neighbouring cancer cells, effectively […]

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How cancer recharges its batteries

Stealing from the body is how cancer recharges its batteries, according to research published in the journal, Blood. Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), funded by the Rosetrees Trust and The Big C Charity, found that healthy bone marrow stromal cells were made to transfer their power-generating mitochondria to neighbouring cancer cells, effectively […]

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Tenfold increase in child obesity

Over the last 40 years, there has been a tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity, according to a new study by Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation. By 2022, there will be more obese children and adolescents alive than those underweight. The news comes as we mark World Obesity Day, 11th October. […]

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Tenfold increase in child obesity

Over the last 40 years, there has been a tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity, according to a new study by Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation. By 2022, there will be more obese children and adolescents alive than those underweight. The news comes as we mark World Obesity Day, 11th October. […]

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What is obesity?

Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what is the distinction between being overweight and being obese? And how does a person become obese? Mia Nacamulli explores obesity. Transcript The most basic function of bodily fat is self-storage […]

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What is obesity?

Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what is the distinction between being overweight and being obese? And how does a person become obese? Mia Nacamulli explores obesity. Transcript The most basic function of bodily fat is self-storage […]

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Saliah’s story for MSF

Saliha is a patient at MSF’s women’s health clinic in Kamrangirchar, a densely populated slum in the south of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. She has survived abuse first from her father and then from her husband. She is, in some ways, typical of the women who come to the clinic. “Before, I had no […]

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Child mental health and exclusion

As mental ill health in young people rises, and more children are subject to interaction with social care services each year, more children are being educated in the alternative provision sector for excluded pupils. On mental health awareness day, a new report by the think tank IPPR outlines a solution to reduce exclusions in England […]

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Child mental health and exclusion

As mental ill health in young people rises, and more children are subject to interaction with social care services each year, more children are being educated in the alternative provision sector for excluded pupils. On mental health awareness day, a new report by the think tank IPPR outlines a solution to reduce exclusions in England […]

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