23 December 2004
Frequent use of household cleaning products and other chemicals in the home could be linked to cases of asthma among Britain's children.
22 December 2004
Jennifer and Peter Organ of Kings Stanley, near Stroud are making the final preparations for the Christmas they've dreamed of since they married 11 years ago. . . with baby Thea, the baby they thought they could never have.
22 December 2004
Over £600,000 has been awarded to Bristol University's Centre for Access and Communication Studies (CACS) to fund three national projects to help disabled people find work and enter higher education.
21 December 2004
Technology developed by a company based at the University is helping this year's charity chart-topper raise money to combat famine.
21 December 2004
Four major awards were all granted in 2004 to researchers in Bristol University's Biochemistry Department: the best young biochemist in the country; the best young biophysicist in the country; the best young researcher working on diabetes in Europe; and a newly elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
20 December 2004
Professional fundraising operations could become the norm in UK universities following the Government's acceptance of advice from the task force on voluntary giving in higher education.
20 December 2004
About one in six couples seeks specialist help because of a difficulty in conceiving. Since 1995 ReproMED has pioneered use of the internet to support a range of initiatives in the field of reproductive medicine.
20 December 2004
An imaginative project found a cheap way to make sure patients receive the disability benefits to which they are entitled. So why don't policy makers implement it, asks John Kirwan, Professor of Rheumatic Diseases?
20 December 2004
Heavy metals occur naturally in small quantities in soil, but human activity has raised these to exceptionally high levels at many polluted land and water sites. A collaborative project between the Interface Analysis Centre and researchers at Rothamsted Research has found a novel solution to the problem.
20 December 2004
David Gunnell, Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Social Medicine, is advising Britain's Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on a large study looking at the possible links between some types of antidepressant and suicide.
