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

Neighbourhoods with more takeaways amplify social inequalities in unhealthy eating and obesity

11 May 2016

People who live or work near to a greater number of takeaway outlets are more likely to eat more takeaway food and to be overweight, but new research...

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Walking and cycling good for health even in cities with higher levels of air pollution

05 May 2016

The health benefits of walking and cycling outweigh the negative effects on health of air pollution, even in cities with high levels of air pollution...

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Scientists double number of known genetic risk factors for endometrial cancer

03 May 2016

An international collaboration of researchers has identified five new gene regions that increase a woman’s risk of developing endometrial cancer, one...

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Threat of novel swine flu viruses in pigs and humans

27 Apr 2016

The wide diversity of flu in pigs across multiple continents, mostly introduced from humans, highlights the significant potential of new swine flu...

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Does nature make you happy? Crowdsourcing app looks at relationship between the outdoors and wellbeing

26 Apr 2016

A new app will crowdsource data to help scientists understand the relationship between biodiversity and wellbeing. The app, developed at the...

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Call to arms: how lessons from history could reduce the ‘immunisation gap’

25 Apr 2016

A rise in the number of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases has highlighted the growing trend for parents not to have their child vaccinated...

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Reducing number of infectious malaria parasites in donated blood could help prevent transmission during transfusion

21 Apr 2016

A technique for reducing the number of infectious malaria parasites in whole blood could significantly reduce the number of cases of transmission of...

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Flexible hours 'controlled by management' cause stress and damage home lives of low-paid workers

20 Apr 2016

Researcher Alex Wood calls on new DWP Minister Stephen Crabb to acknowledge distinction between flexible scheduling controlled by managers to...

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New cases of dementia in the UK fall by 20% over two decades

19 Apr 2016

The UK has seen a 20% fall in the incidence of dementia over the past two decades, according to new research from England, led by the University of...

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Study identifies gene changes that influence timing of sexual behaviour

18 Apr 2016

A study of over 380,000 people, published today in the journal Nature Genetics , has identified gene differences that influence the age of puberty...

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Overweight individuals more likely to make unhealthier choices when faced with real food

14 Apr 2016

Overweight people make unhealthier food choices than lean people when presented with real food, even though both make similar selections when...

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It’s time to change the way we think about changing what people eat

11 Apr 2016

The Chancellor's recent announcement about a tax on sugary drinks is a step in the right direction towards fighting obesity, but we will need to use...

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