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News in December 2017

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  • University Pro-Chancellor honoured with Knighthood

    University of Aberdeen Pro-Chancellor, the Very Reverend Professor Iain Torrance, has been honoured with a Knighthood in the New Year's Honours list.

  • Rising admissions to children's wards across Scotland - but not because more are getting ill

    The number of children admitted to hospital as emergency referrals has risen almost 50% in the last decade, but not because more children are getting ill, says the University of Aberdeen team behind new research.

  • Like Santa's list - if you want to know how the family REALLY is this Christmas - better check twice

    When you ask how your elderly aunt's bad knee is over Christmas dinner, you might want to take her first answer with a grain of salt, according to new studies.

  • Protecting orangutans - 'every click counts' in citizen science survey

    Researchers from the University of Aberdeen are looking for citizen scientists to help protect endangered orangutans in Northern Borneo.

  • Funding award for University startup

    An award-winning University startup has won nearly £100,000 to help fund the development of its new product.

  • Medicine in Wartime: Aberdeen's Medical Innovators

    A fascinating exhibition looking at innovations in medicine made during wartime is currently on display at the University of Aberdeen's Sir Duncan Rice Library.

  • New research shows increased risk of breast cancer in women who use hormonal contraceptives

    Women who currently use hormonal contraceptives (such as the combined pill, the progestogen-only pill and non-oral products such as the hormone-intrauterine system (IUS)) are at 20% increased risk of breast cancer than those who do not use them.

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