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Step Forward in Parkinson's Disease Researchers have made a key discovery in understanding the degenerative process underlying Parkinson's disease. The breakthrough hinges on a form of cellula... 25th Jun 2006	Simply Hair-raising A study amongst Welsh school children, published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, has found that four out of five headlice are now resistant... 18th Jun 2006
New Drug Hits Hiv Where it Hurts New drug hits AIDS where it hurts - A new drug is now entering trials which aims to boost the arsenal of agents with which we can combat HIV. Arriving on th... 11th Jun 2006	Hiv Spikes a Thorn in Scientists' Side 2006 marks the 25th anniversary of the diagnosis of the first cases of HIV. Yet despite millions of dollars of global scientific toil, HIV has grown to beco... 4th Jun 2006
Belly Bulges Have you ever wondered why some people eat exactly the same food as their friends but seem to put on more weight? Researchers at Washington University in Mi... 28th May 2006	It's Good to Talk (But Gossiping's Better) When friends get together, one of the things they love to do is gossip about others. And some research from Jennifer Bosson and her colleagues at the University o... 21st May 2006
Ta Ta Tattoo The days of indelibly pledging your undying love for someone by tattooing their name across your forehead, only to regret it later, are finally over. Thankf... 30th Apr 2006	Passive Smoking Smoking accounts for a quarter of all cancer deaths in the UK, and passive smoking is thought to cause hundreds more every year. But now researchers at Cinc... 30th Apr 2006
Why Snoring May Be a Family Affair Anyone recognise the familiar sound of snoring? Well, it's more familiar than you might think. Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical centre ... 9th Apr 2006	Wearable Boredom Detector Researchers at the Massachusetts Insitute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab are developing a mobile boredom detector designed to clip onto a pair of glasses and... 2nd Apr 2006

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