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7 signs your fitness journey is paying off
Starting a fitness journey and keeping going with it can be challenging. To keep yourself motived, look for these signs that your fitness is getting better.
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How can I make salads healthier?
Our expert explains whether salads will help you lose weight, how to create healthier dressings, and whether they are a good meal choice when eating out.
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How to eat healthily and enjoy it too
A nutritionist explains how you can eat more healthily but still enjoy cooking, eating and to focus on positive changes instead of depriving yourself.
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What is 'clean eating' and should I be doing it?
Our expert answers a question on clean eating, and discusses whether it's a good lifestyle choice.
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Studying the role of PINK1 in platelets and blood clottingUniversity of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole
Supervised by Professor Alastair Poole, a PhD student is studying what keeps platelets - small blood cells that stick together and form clots when you are injured – working normally. Understanding how platelets work will mean that we can f...
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Finding drugs that can correct abnormal fat metabolismUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Samuel Fountain
Around 25% of our body is made up of fat. Fat cells, or adipocytes, store excess fats and sugar and release them when needed. When adipocytes stop working correctly, fat accumulated in other organs, increasing the risk of heart and circulat...
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Could bone-marrow transplantation offer a new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension?University of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell
Pulmonary arterial hypertension– high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs, is a debilitating condition. New methods to prevent and treat this condition are urgently needed. Understanding the genetic and molecular causes is central t...
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A stem cell that promotes new blood vessel growthQueen's University Belfast | Professor David Grieve
Diseases that are caused by reduced blood flow, such as heart attacks, strokes and some forms of blindness, affect millions of people each year and are major causes of ill health and death. Dr David Grieve from Queen’s University Belfast is...
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Engineering a new window on artery healthImperial College London | Professor Mengxing Tang
As blood flows through our arteries it exerts forces on the artery wall. The strength of these forces varies according to the shape of the vessel – whether it is straight or has bends or branches. We know that these forces affect how the ar...
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Can I be addicted to sugar?
Our expert explains why it's common to think that sugar can be an addictive substance, and gives us advice on how to break old habits. Find out more.