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Putting public health research into practice has had major impacts worldwide, resulting in longer, healthier lives.

Folic acid deficiency can affect the health of great, great grandchildren

26 Sep 2013

Deficiencies associated with spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities.

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We ask the experts: are we working too hard?

06 Sep 2013

With rising competition for jobs, and increasing pressure to excel in the workplace, a healthy work-life balance is hard to achieve. The technology...

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Wash your hands

Better hygiene in wealthy nations may increase Alzheimer’s risk

04 Sep 2013

People living in industrialised countries may be more likely to develop Alzheimer’s due to greatly reduced contact with bacteria, viruses and other...

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Breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding may reduce Alzheimer’s risk

05 Aug 2013

A new study suggests that mothers who breastfeed run a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s, with longer periods of breastfeeding further reducing...

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Want to stick with your diet? Better have someone hide the chocolate

25 Jul 2013

Study indicates that removing a temptation is more effective than relying on willpower alone.

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Sweethearts

Dementia prevalence figures in the UK show decline over past 20 years

16 Jul 2013

Results from two major cohort studies, led by the University of Cambridge and supported by the Medical Research Council, reveal that the number of...

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Promoting reading

Literacy, not income, key to improving public health in India

13 Jun 2013

New research suggests public health in developing countries may be better improved by reducing illiteracy rather than raising average income.

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Financial injection

Can you put a price on health?

23 May 2013

As health services strive to improve quality and reduce costs, researchers study the benefits – and the pitfalls – of ‘pay for performance’ in...

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Ghana

Harnessing the power of research to benefit developing countries

25 Apr 2013

CEO of GAVI Alliance to give Wellcome Trust-Cambridge Centre for Global Health Research inaugural lecture

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Finding genes for childhood obesity

08 Apr 2013

Genome wide study identifies genetic variants associated with childhood obesity.

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Study reveals the genetic variations that raise the risk of breast, prostate or ovarian cancer

27 Mar 2013

Over 80 regions of the genome that can increase an individual’s risk of breast, prostate and ovarian cancers have been found in the largest ever...

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Public Health Network launched

25 Mar 2013

Network will bring together expertise across six schools.

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