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Rise in sudden infant death syndrome involving parent and infant sleeping on sofa
Cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) when a parent sleeps with their infant on a sofa has increased recently, according to a paper in The Lancet. The authors strongly recommend that parents...
Weaker bones in children linked to mothers vitamin D levels in pregnancy
A team at the Medical Research Council's Epidemiology Resource Centre at the University of Southampton has found that maternal vitamin D deficiency is associated with poor skeletal growth of childr...
Get well soon? Cards reveal mental health stigma
Patients on psychiatric wards at a Sheffield hospital receive significantly fewer greetings cards than other patients. This has been interpreted by a recent study as highlighting stigma associated...
Bristol cardiac team develops new anaesthetic technique to help children
Charities launch new guide to improve health and social care services for deaf people with mental health needs
Service Provider's Guide aims to raise awareness of the basic rights of deaf people when accessing mental health services. It will help providers implement the additional measures called for in the...
Norfolk (UK) Hospital unit closes as health watchdog takes action to protect adolescents with learning disabilities
Combined Forces of Physics and Medicine to Investigate Hidden Toxicity - Leicester University
10 min test at the dentist helps smokers quit
After eight weeks, 23% of participants who had seen the Smokescreen test in the surgery had successfully stopped smoking compared with only 7% of the control group. The number of patients who had r...
UK & Norwegian studies of Childrens' Health & Medical Conditions
A pioneering study into children's health at Bristol University (UK) is to join forces with a similar project in Norway to share data and help scientists discover the causes of a range of medical c...
World leaders in cancer research to meet in Liverpool
The Fourth International Lung Cancer Molecular Biomarkers and Intervention Workshop will be held at Liverpool University Cancer Research Centre, 27-29 Oct 2005. The workshop is accredited by the In...
Sheffield University participates in pioneering breast cancer prevention study
Mental Health Research Network launched
Children at risk if their mothers had stressful pregnancy
Newcastle researchers find that seaweed could make junk food healthier
Junk food could be made healthier by the addition of an extract of an exotic type of seaweed - according to recent research at Newcastle University, England.
