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Unique Sussex archives brought to life in new book
The unique archives and collections held at the University of Sussex library are brought vividly to life in a highly illustrated catalogue to be launched next week. The collections featured in Poets and Polymaths range from the Bloomsbury archives, including the papers of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, to the New Statesman archives, the Rudyard... view more... (2002-11-06)
Essential Hope for Multiple Sclerosis
New research by psychologists reveals the positive effects of aromatherapy on the quality of life for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) sufferers. Researchers at the University of Teeside found MS patients, in spite of experiencing the same symptoms, felt more vitality, happiness and peace during aromatherapy treatment, and less depression, fatigue and... view more... (2004-08-23)
Primary care practitioners need to become genetically literate
Increasing availability of DNA based tests and demand by patients for genetic information and advice mean that primary care practitioners will need to become genetically literate. A paper in this week's BMJ discusses the implications of genetic advances for primary care. Currently, the most important elements for primary care are prediction of... view more... (2001-04-24)
Helping mentally retarded children and adolescents
The costs associated with mental retardation (MR) for persons born in 2000 will total over 51 billion dollars. While direct health and educational costs are significant, lifetime indirect costs due to productivity losses are much greater. view more (2006-03-29)
Lung volume reduction surgery shown to prolong and improve life for some emphysema patients
Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) can have a significantly beneficial effect in patients with severe emphysema, according to the first ever study to randomize emphysema patients to receive either LVRS or non-surgical medical care. view more (2009-07-24)
HE Bill Creates New Research Council for Arts and Humanties
The Government's Higher Education Bill has generated heated debate even before its publication and first reading on 8 January 2004. But it contains one proposal that has garnered all-party and public support. The evolution of the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) into an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is uncontested and... view more... (2004-01-08)
Exercise improves quality of life for people with breast cancer
Group exercise sessions can help to improve the physical and psychological wellbeing of people diagnosed with breast cancer, a new BMJ study reveals today. view more (2007-02-16)
EMBO and Chinese Academy of Sciences join efforts in the area of the life sciences
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have signed an agreement to enhance collaboration with each other over the next two years. This is the first cooperation agreement with another scientific organization that EMBO has signed during its 40 years of existence. It is designed to support life... view more... (2003-01-28)
Evidence of liquid water in comets reveals possible origin of life
Comets contained vast oceans of liquid water in their interiors during the first million years of their formation, a new study claims. view more (2009-07-31)
Partners can help or hinder attempts at changing diet
For people trying to make a change in their diet, significant others generally play a positive and supportive role, but sometimes respond in negative ways, according to a study in the March/April Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (http://www.jneb.org/). view more (2008-03-26)
Teacher support is key to self-esteem for Chinese and US youth
As children go back to school this fall, a new cross-cultural study finds that for both Chinese and American middle schoolers, students who feel supported by their teachers tend to have higher self-esteem, and those who don't feel supported by fellow students are more likely to be depressed. view more (2009-09-15)
Stress makes MS symptoms worse
For patients with multiple sclerosis, stressful life events seem to make their symptoms worse, finds a study in this week’s BMJ. view more (2003-09-17)
Call for Interest for Scientists - Deadline 27 September 2002
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is calling for applications from scientists to the following COM/A/3/02 Competition for scientific research posts throughout its 7 Institutes. The deadline for receipt of such applications is 27 September 2002. The JRC is a Directorate-General of the European Commission, providing science and technology advice to... view more... (2002-08-05)
New Report Spells Out Potential of Spin-Offs and Start-Ups for UK Universities
UK universities are gaining ground on their US counterparts in the area of spin-off companies and start-up companies1 says a new report published this week by CVCP. "Spin-offs are now being created at the same rate in UK universities as they are in comparable US institutions, " says Sir Douglas Hague, chairman of Wire Ltd, a knowledge... view more... (2000-08-25)
Urgent need for investment in human resources to respond to global health crises (p 1469)
Authors of a Public Health article in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how the global failure to develop the necessary human resources to deliver health-care improvements in less-developed countries requires urgent attention if the millennium goals for global health are to be achieved. Vasant Narasimhan from Harvard University, USA, and... view more... (2004-04-28)
Being told and telling others that the end is near
When physicians have to tell patients that their cancer has progressed beyond the point where treatment is possible, the situation is difficult both for patients and their families and for the doctors themselves. In her dissertation at Linköping University, Maria Freidrichsen elucidates the experiences of the various parties involved in such... view more... (2002-04-22)
Widespread support for creation of Institute for Knowledge Transfer
A groundbreaking initiative that will establish the UK's knowledge transfer (KT) community as a recognised profession took a step closer to realisation today, with the announcement that a proposal has been made to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to form the Institute for Knowledge Transfer. view more (2004-11-29)
Influences on Quality of Life in Early Old Age
EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 HRS FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2003 A golden early old age is within sight for many people, says new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, which demonstrates that the good life is much less influenced by your past - the job your father had, for instance - than by the present, when two of the most important... view more... (2003-01-14)
Improving Quality Of Death - Terminal Care Should Aim To Preserve Dignity Of Dying Patients (pp 1997, 2026)
Canadian authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how the preservation of patients' dignity should be a priority for end-of-life care to minimise the physical and psychological trauma of terminally-ill patients. Little research has been done which addresses the concept of dignity among terminally-ill people. Harvey Max... view more... (2002-12-18)
Dysfunctional families and bad neighborhoods may worsen asthma in children and adolescents
A lack of family support and problems in one's neighborhood are associated with greater asthma symptoms in children and adolescents, according to researchers in Vancouver, Canada. view more (2007-09-28)
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