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Pregnant smokers who want to quit needed
Mums-to-be who want to stub out the habit are being recruited by University of Aberdeen researchers onto an innovative smoking cessation study.
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Prowlers backing Aberdeen's breast cancer research
A decade ago a small group of Aberdeenshire women came up with an idea to organise a sponsored walk to raise cash for local breast cancer research.
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50 year-old asthma study once again bound for Aberdeen school bags
Fifty years ago parents and guardians of 900 Aberdeen primary pupils filled in a survey about their children's respiratory health.
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Medicine at Aberdeen is ranked top in Scotland
The University of Aberdeen Medical School is the top medical school in Scotland, according to the Complete University Guide 2015.
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Ground-breaking research Centre set to revolutionise asthma care for 5.4m people
Today (May 13) sees the formal launch of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, the UK's first integrated Centre focused solely on improving the quality of life of people with asthma by finding better treatments and making them available faster than ever before.
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New thinking needed on funding future medicines
A report from The Royal Pharmaceutical Society entitled New Medicines, Better Medicines, Better Use of Medicines is calling for a new covenant to be developed between the pharmaceutical industry and wider society, including Government, to accelerate and incentivise the development of new types of tailored medicines and treatments.
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Experts join TV war correspondent to focus on women in danger
A North-east audience will have the chance this weekend to hear from pioneering foreign correspondent Kate Adie, along with international humanitarian experts working to tackle the special dangers faced by women across the developing world.
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Wheezing study seeks volunteers
Scientists investigating what causes wheezing conditions are seeking adult volunteers.
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Lessons shared and lessons learned
NHS Grampian, the Soapbox Collaborative and Immpact, University of Aberdeen recently welcomed two health professionals from The Gambia and Nigeria who arrived in Aberdeen to take part in a quality improvement programme that is part of the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship Scheme.
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Obesity linked with malnutrition and poverty
Being thin used to be linked with poverty while obesity was associated with affluence but now that has turned on its head, according to a University of Aberdeen study.