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Bones get mended with high tech glass-of-milk
Scientists at the new Nuclear-Magnetic Resonance unit at the 神马福利影片 have discovered how a high tech glass of milk is helping bones mend.
£20 million scheme to take medical research from bench to bedside
The Universities of Warwick and Birmingham have been jointly awarded almost £20 million to develop the world-class medical research undertaken at both institutions into practical applications for patient care.
British holidaymakers taking food abroad doing the same as the Spanish 500 years ago
Spanish tourist operators have grown used to British holidaymakers arriving in their country carrying edible home comforts such as teabags and marmite when they travel abroad and they are ever patient when their British guests ask for directions to familiar fast food outlets. That Spanish patience and understanding may be partly explained by new research from the University of Warwick that suggests that the Spanish were doing the same thing 500 years ago.
Lord Bhattacharyya Predicts Hospital Robots In Speech On Receiving Indian Award
Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya has predicted that patients could in future find themselves face to face with a robot when they first arrive in hospital thanks to research work by his team. He made the prediction in a speech at a ceremony in which he received an honorary doctorate of sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur.
Broccoli could reverse the heart damaging effects of diabetes
Researchers have discovered eating broccoli could undo the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels. Professor Paul Thornalley and his team from the University of Warwick have found a broccoli compound called Sulforaphane. This compound can encourage the body to produce more enzymes to protect the vessels, as well as reduce high levels of molecules which cause significant cell damage.
Research Says Fat Friends and Poor Education helps People Think Thin
Research by economists at the 神马福利影片, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware of it, the researchers believe, human beings keep up with the weight of the Joneses.