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 | 1. Sex More Likely for Female Flies with Promise of Food
Listed On: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Female fruit flies will have sex more frequently if they think there is more food around, and a new study led by Oxford University has explained how this happens....
University of Oxford
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 | 2. Study Uncovers Genetic Origins of Rare Kidney Disease
Listed On: Friday, August 27, 2010
A rare form of kidney disease linked to a genetic mutation in the innate immune system has been identified by researchers at Imperial College London and University College London (UCL)....
Imperial College London
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 | 3. Banana Plantain Fibres could Treat Crohn's Disease
Listed On: Friday, August 27, 2010
Liverpool, UK - 26 August 2010: Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that soluble fibres found in plantain, a type of large banana, could be used to treat patients with Crohn's disease....
University of Liverpool
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 | 4. Fires and Floods Key to Dinosaur Island Secrets
Listed On: Thursday, August 26, 2010
Fires and floods which raged across the Isle of Wight some 130 million years ago made the island the richest source of pick 'n' mix dinosaur remains of this age anywhere in the world....
University of Portsmouth
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 | 5. Women with Osteoporosis Suffer More If They Have Previously Broken a Bone, Say Scientists
Listed On: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
An international study of more than 60,000 women has drawn new light on the relationship between osteoporosis and fractures.
Scientists call for more to be done to identify and treat patients at the highest risk of fractures....
University of Southampton
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 | 6. Scientists Uncover Achilles Heel of Chronic Inflammatory Pain
Listed On: Saturday, August 21, 2010
Researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a brand new class of drugs to treat chronic pain caused by inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and back pain without numbing the whole body....
University College London
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 | 7. Postnatal Depression can be Prevented by Health Visitors, Says Pioneering New Study (Alarm Sounded on Health Consequences of Substantial Reduction in NHS Health Visitors)
Listed On: Friday, August 20, 2010
The world's first ever analysis of data from a full scale clinical trial in adults shows that training Health Visitors to assess and psychologically support mothers after childbirth can prevent the development of depression over the following year....
University of Leicester
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 | 8. Smokers Trying to Give Up – Don't Stop Thinking About Cigarettes
Listed On: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Blocking thoughts of cigarettes helps reduce smokers' intake at first, but means they smoke more than usual when they stop suppressing, according to new research. The study was carried out by researchers at St George's, University of London and the University of Hertfordshire....
St George's University of London
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 | 9. Free Statins with Fast Food Could Neutralise Heart Risk (Imperial Researchers Suggest That Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could be Provided Alongside Ketchup and Salt)
Listed On: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of charge so that customers can neutralise the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College London suggest in a new study published this week....
Imperial College London
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 | 10. Single Neurons Can Detect Sequences
Listed On: Monday, August 16, 2010
Single neurons in the brain are surprisingly good at distinguishing different sequences of incoming information, according to new research by UCL neuroscientists....
University College London
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