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

Pregnant woman

Delivering better ways of preventing stillbirth

11 May 2012

Despite recent dramatic reductions in cot death rates in the UK, and the development of sophisticated screening for Down’s syndrome, preventing...

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Institute of Public Health

Rooted in evidence: a public health response to dementia

09 May 2012

Research programmes at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health focus on common chronic disorders. Currently under the spotlight is dementia and a...

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Abandoned Russian hospital

The human cost of economic policy

07 May 2012

New research will bring social scientists closer to uncovering the economic basis of a “gigantic human catastrophe” that followed the fall of...

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Melioidosis can be acquired through contaminated soil

Melioidosis: exposing the ‘Great Mimicker’

01 May 2012

Each year melioidosis – a soil-borne disease dubbed the ‘Great Mimicker’ because of its frequent misdiagnosis – kills as many people in some regions...

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Professor Carol Brayne

PublicHealth@Cambridge

01 May 2012

This month, the University of Cambridge will be profiling research that addresses public health. To begin, Professor Carol Brayne, Director of the...

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Health

Leading the way - pioneering School for Public Health Research launches

19 Apr 2012

Eight leading academic centres, including the Cambridge Institute for Public Health (CIPH), are to begin a collaboration that will play a key role in...

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Fitzwarren Street, Langworthy

Cambridge study charts the past to anticipate the future

22 Mar 2012

A new Cambridge-led study has examined the past 60 years of incidence data on psychotic disorders in England in the hope that the data can reveal...

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Baby's Cot

“Back To Sleep” message took longer to reach deprived areas

17 Mar 2012

The “Back To Sleep” campaign, which played a crucial role in preventing SIDS in the 1990s, took up to 15 years to work in areas of high socio-...

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Heart

Genetic study shows that inflammatory protein plays a role in heart disease

15 Mar 2012

Study suggests that anti-inflammatory drugs could be used to treat cardiovascular disease.

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doctor pad

Study examines number of GP visits before cancer patients are referred to specialists

24 Feb 2012

Patient information reveals women, young people, ethnic minorities and people with less common cancers have the highest number of pre-referral...

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Time-ordered graph

How quickly things spread

20 Feb 2012

Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in populations is the key to controlling them. If the UK was facing a flu pandemic, how could we...

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amyloid plaques

Down’s syndrome stem cells used to model Alzheimer’s

16 Feb 2012

Innovative way to study Alzheimer's disease developed by Cambridge scientists.

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