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Health Innovation Campus to host healthy places event at Lancaster University

A leading advocate for designing healthier towns and cities will speak to delegates at the next Health Innovation Campus event in Lancaster.
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Lancaster leads the way in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases

International efforts to eliminate NTDs are using methods invented by Lancaster University statisticians to draw their maps and decide exactly where they have achieved their targets of eliminating these diseases.
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Why eating yoghurt may help lessen the risk of breast cancer

One of the causes of breast cancer may be inflammation triggered by harmful bacteria say researchers.
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Statistics conference to mark Peter Diggle’s 70th birthday

Lancaster University is to host a statistics conference in honour of the 70th birthday of Distinguished Professor Peter Diggle.
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Businesses keen to sign up to join the new Health Innovation Campus at Lancaster University

The Health Innovation Campus has launched a new web page for organisations interested in working on site to co-create groundbreaking developments in health and wellbeing.
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Obesity services are a patient postcode lottery

A lack of consistent reporting on obesity and weight management programmes around the UK has created a postcode lottery for patient care.

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