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A pill for every ill?
New research shows a marked rise in expenditure on prescription drugs and in the number of prescribed medicines being dispensed in recent years.
The benefits of Paracetamol
The commonly-used painkiller Paracetamol can protect against kidney failure after severe muscle injury, according to research at the University of Essex.
Biomedical Science jobs
Biomedical Science graduates at the University of Essex are bucking the trend when it comes to students having trouble finding jobs after their degrees.
Quick surgery
75% of surgical patients would consider allowing a competent unsupervised trainee doctor perform their operation if it meant having it done more quickly.
UK company wins top European environment Award
Findus Group UK has won the 2010 European Business Awards for the Environment with their 'Fish for Life': supporting sustainable fisheries project.
Energy saving technology
The time and money needed by business and public sector organisations to introduce carbon emission monitoring measures could put a strain on future investments in technology that can actually lower the energy bill.
University goes green
Birmingham City University has been awarded the Bronze EcoCampus Award for its commitment to addressing key issues of environmental sustainability.
Eat up! - for the climate's sake
A piece of advice to all who wish to be climate smart: eat up what's on your plate. And don't imagine that locally produced food is always more eco-friendly.
Healthy diet advice
When it comes to healthy diet advice it can be a nightmare deciding what's junk and what's genuine. It's actually quite simple to get a balanced diet - just eat the right amount of foods from all the food groups.
Food cravings
Why do we get intense desires to eat certain foods? Food cravings are a common experience and recent studies have been examining the psychology underlying food cravings and how they may be controlled.
Ice cream competition
A culinary whizz from the University of Sheffield, smashed world records at the Sheffield Food Festival by whipping-up a litre of ice cream in 10.34 seconds.
Reasons to eat chocolate!
Easter eggs and other chocolate may be good for you, according to research that shows just one small square of chocolate a day can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease.
Free gym membership
Researchers at the University of Bath are offering free gym membership to school leavers in Wiltshire who take part in a study to promote healthy lifestyle habits.
First Aid Action
Up to 150,000 people a year could be given a chance to live if more people knew first aid, says charity St John Ambulance, as it launches a hard-hitting campaign to encourage more people to learn this vital skill.
UK films encourage smoking
Tobacco imagery and product placement in best-selling films is nearly twice as likely to occur in those which originate from the UK than internationally.
Fight against youth crime
The first cross-government strategy specifically designed to break the link between poor health and youth crime has been launched.
Diabetes developments
Scientists could be one step closer to developing a unique painkiller for millions of people worldwide with diabetes.
Pupils try their hand at forensic chemistry
Around sixty students from schools in the South West will have the chance to try their hand at forensic-style chemistry at the Salters' Festival of Chemistry.
Aromatherapy oils could kill superbug
Essential oils could kill the deadly MRSA hospital 'superbug' according to scientists at the University of Brighton.
A left-handed view
Despite the almost universal association of the right with life, right, positive and good things, and the left with death, inadequacy, negative and bad things, recent research shows that left-handed people hold the opposite association.
Teenage Hacking Survey
Despite 78% agreeing that it is wrong, 1 in 4 of UK's children have tried their hand at hacking into others' Facebook accounts mostly by surreptitiously using the victims passwords.
Quit Smoking app for the iPhone
To coincide with 'No Smoking Day', the Department of Health UK has released the first official NHS 'Quit Smoking' app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The dangers of social networking
A recent study reveals how dangerous it can be for people to divulge so much personal information on social networking sites.
How to avoid hackers
Businesses are being urged to secure their IT defences against hackers who are ready to take advantage of skeleton staff in IT departments over the holidays.
