Press Releases
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2008
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Promising trials of malaria vaccine in East Africa lead to calls for Phase 3 development
08 December 2008
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Combination therapies may be almost as effective as insecticide-treated bednets in preventing malaria in areas of low transmission
25 November 2008
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Health study in northern Uganda calls for improved services for Internally Displaced Persons
24 November 2008
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Dramatic fall in malaria in The Gambia raises possibility of elimination in parts of Africa
31 October 2008
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Northerners' hands up to three times dirtier than those living in the South
15 October 2008
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People lacking vital antioxidants and exposed to sunlight more likely to develop eye disease later in life
13 October 2008
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Gastrostomy placement cost effective in children with neurological impairment
02 October 2008
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Birth size is a marker of susceptibility to breast cancer later in life
30 September 2008
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7 million pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa infected with hookworms
16 September 2008
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'Dodgy dossier' partly to blame for failure of war against malaria in the tropics
10 September 2008
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Eat oily fish at least once a week to protect your eyesight in old age
08 August 2008
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First worldwide analysis of cancer survival finds wide variation between countries
17 July 2008
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Malaria prevention in schools reduces anaemia and improves educational potential in Kenyan schoolchildren
11 July 2008
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European businesses not properly advised on how to prepare for flu pandemic
11 June 2008
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Highest ever levels of post-traumatic stress found in Uganda
02 June 2008
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Scientists demonstrate feasibility of preventing malaria parasite from becoming sexually mature
02 June 2008
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Global food crisis and transport policy are linked
16 May 2008
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Social deprivation linked to four-fold increase in risk of serious injury in child pedestrians
01 April 2008
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Number of Russian women smokers has doubled since Soviet collapse
29 January 2008
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Congestion charge has modest impact on the life expectancy of Londoners
29 January 2008
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One third of stunting and a quarter of deaths among under 3s in poor countries could be prevented
17 January 2008
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Keeping young South Africans in school: A "social vaccine" against AIDS
16 January 2008
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HIV shifting from most to least educated in sub-Saharan Africa
15 January 2008
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New study: US ranks last among other industrialized nations on preventable deaths
08 January 2008
