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• Mat Harris (Psychology) suggests that our personalities evolve over time

  Harris, M.

  4/03/17 → 2/09/17

  6 items of Media coverage

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• Richard Anderson calls for more study into effects of flame retardant chemicals on fertility

  Anderson, R.

  25/08/17 → 26/08/17

  5 items of Media coverage

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• Prof Tara Spires-Jones comments on study suggesting lithium in drinking water could fight dementia

  Spires-Jones, T.

  24/08/17 → 25/08/17

  2 items of Media coverage

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• Michael Eddleston calls for withdrawal of toxic pesticides to curb self-poisoning in South Asia

  Eddleston, M.

  19/08/17 → 22/08/17

  5 items of Media coverage

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• Prof Michael Eddleston urges adder bite victims to visit hospital immediately to avoid disability

  Eddleston, M.

  31/07/17 → 16/08/17

  18 items of Media coverage

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• Sarah Stock comments on claims that Vitamin B3 may prevent some miscarriages

  Stock, S.

  10/08/17 → 11/08/17

  2 items of Media coverage

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• Susan Fletcher Watson comments eye contact and Autism

  Fletcher-Watson, S.

  5/08/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Language Learning and Dementia

  Bak, T.

  3/08/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Rustam Al-Shahi Salman comments on new way to stop bleeding in patients

  Salman, R.A.-S.

  2/08/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Heather Whalley claims that depression changes the structure of the brain

  Whalley, H.

  21/07/17 → 31/07/17

  29 items of Media coverage

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• Declining sperm counts in the West should be a wake-up call for men’s health, says Richard Sharpe

  Sharpe, R.

  25/07/17 → 30/07/17

  21 items of Media coverage

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• Coldstream doctor leaves £1m legacy for research

  McKechanie, A.

  26/07/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Dr Sue Fletcher interviewed for Spectrum magazine.

  Fletcher-Watson, S.

  18/07/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Peter Hayes finds coffee reduces cirrhosis and liver cancer in dose-dependent manner

  Hayes, P.

  11/07/17 → 12/07/17

  3 items of Media coverage

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• Tara Spires-Jones (Neuroscience) says brain training app could help early dementia symptoms

  Spires-Jones, T.

  3/07/17 → 4/07/17

  4 items of Media coverage

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• Dr Anne Astier finds new treatment for eczema in skin’s reaction to sun’s rays

  Astier, A. & Weller, R.

  8/06/17 → 29/06/17

  23 items of Media coverage

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• Donald Davidson & Richard Weller say body’s natural defences could aid eczema fight

  Weller, R. & Davidson, D. J.

  26/06/17

  4 items of Media coverage

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• Prof Evelyn Telfer (BioSciences) comments on study where sterilised female mice produced babies

  Telfer, E.

  18/06/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Drinking coffee may help protect liver, says Peter Hayes

  Hayes, P.

  24/05/17 → 8/06/17

  50 items of Media coverage

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• A funding boost for vascular dementia

  Wardlaw, J.

  1/06/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Nerve cells of MS patients struggle to meet brain’s energy needs, finds Don Mahad

  Mahad, D.

  31/05/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Craig Ritchie warns of ‘bleak’ outlook for dementia research post-Brexit

  Ritchie, C.

  28/05/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Brain changes occur years before Alzheimer’s symptoms appear, finds Prevent Dementia study

  Ritchie, C.

  28/05/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• James Dear to trail drug that may save hundreds from paracetamol overdoses

  Dear, J.

  28/05/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Repurposing Cancer and depression drugs for use in dementia - Dr Lucy Stirland comments

  Stirland, L.

  25/05/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Beat goes on for city scientist Tijana

  Mitic, T.

  24/05/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Dr Susan Shenkin disputes a study that claims that heavier babies have higher IQs

  Shenkin, S.

  22/05/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Humans have struggled to adapt to the extra salt in modern diets, finds Matthew Baily

  Bailey, M.

  22/05/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Molecule link to diabetic kidney disease

  Menzies, R.

  20/04/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Diabetes study raises treatment hope for kidney disease patients

  Menzies, R.

  19/04/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Dr Nick Mills develops £5 blood test to predict risk of heart attack

  Mills, N.

  20/12/16 → 19/04/17

  10 items of Media coverage

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• Firefighters’ hearts are under strain owing to heat and physical demands, finds Nick Mills

  Mills, N.

  1/04/17 → 18/04/17

  36 items of Media coverage

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• Cyril Pernet discusses teaching programming outside computer science departments

  Pernet, C., Kumar, K. & Billingham, L.

  13/04/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Stroke patients help study into brain bleeding

  Salman, R.A.-S. & Rodrigues, M.

  31/03/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Tara Spires-Jones (Neuroscience) considers effectiveness of new Alzheimer's drug

  Spires-Jones, T.

  30/03/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Increasing participation in distributed projects

  Pernet, C.

  22/03/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Prof Joanna Wardlaw interviewed for International Women's Day 2017

  Wardlaw, J.

  8/03/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Featured article based on interviews with Professor Pam Smith and Dr Mia Nelson

  Smith, P. & Nelson, M.

  22/02/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Hiring people with schizophrenia benefits both patients and companies, says Prof Stephen Lawrie (Psychiatry)

  Lawrie, S.

  1/02/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson says children binging on technology may not be bad for their health

  Fletcher-Watson, S.

  13/01/17 → 14/01/17

  3 items of Media coverage

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• Paracetamol study sheds light on liver damage

  Nelson, L. J.

  2/01/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Prof Joanna Wardlaw interviewed for Heart Matters about lacunar strokes and dementia

  Wardlaw, J.

  1/01/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Edinburgh will lead new collaborative research into Motor Neurone Disease and Multiple Sclerosis

  Chandran, S.

  31/12/16 → 1/01/17

  8 items of Media coverage

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• Dr Tara Spires-Jone comments on success likelihood of Alzheimer's drug trials

  Spires-Jones, T.

  30/12/16

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Zebrafish researchers at Centre for Neuroregeneration awarded £1m to lead spinal cord research

  Becker, C.

  30/11/16 → 11/12/16

  6 items of Media coverage

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• Tom Gillingwater comments on new drug to combat children with spinal muscular atrophy

  Gillingwater, T.

  6/12/16 → 7/12/16

  8 items of Media coverage

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• Prof Craig Ritchie comments on upcoming dementia conference in Aberdeen

  Ritchie, C.

  6/12/16

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Prof Simon King and Dr Philipa Rewaj discuss the Speak:Unique project

  King, S. & Rewaj, P.

  4/12/16

  1 Media contribution

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• Women and girls with cancer not routinely offered fertility preservation, warns Richard Anderson

  Anderson, R.

  1/12/16

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Prof Edwin van Beek on Scotland's Treasures

  van Beek, E.

  30/11/16

  1 Media contribution

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