Confronting the Silent Tragedy of Skin Disease
How many people do skin conditions affect in the developing world? Approximately 3 billion people living in remote areas of 127 developing countries are deprived of even the most basic dermatological care which constitutes approximately one half of....
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The inhabitants of the Japanese region of Okinawa are officially the longest lived population in the world and also have one of the lowest mortality rates from chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer and dementia. This has in part been ascribed....
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Basic research in science has greatly increased our understanding of nature, expanded frontiers of inquiry, shown us how little we know, triggered creative waves of invention and innovation, and prompted technological breakthroughs that were inconcei....
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What role does the skin play in the unconscious judgements we make of age, health and attractiveness of those we meet, every day of our lives? As Mankind faces its greatest and most complex environmental threat ever, how can a skin layer 1/50 of a mi....
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The lecture by Professor Simon Lovestone showed how current research in dementia holds great promise both in trying to understand the mechanisms to find new treatments and in researching biomarkers to help identify the condition at an earlier stage.....
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