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• Patients diagnosed with dementia survive for four years

  - 2008-01-11

  PARIS AFP — Individuals with dementia live on average for around four more years after they are diagnosed with the disease, according to a study published in Saturday's British Medical Journal. The paper, by University of Cambridge researchers, is based on 438 British people aged over 65 who took...

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• Cambridge University Press morally obliged to consult with staff over pensions freeze.

  - 2007-02-16

  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Feb 16, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Management at Cambridge University Press CUP have rejected a formal grievance brought by pension fund members through their union, Amicus, about changes to their pension that have been imposed without consultation. CUP is...

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• Elsevier Announces the Winner of the First Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences; Professor David Buckingham of Cambridge University awarded for pioneering contributions to the molecular sciences.

  - 2006-10-04

  M2 PRESSWIRE-4 October 2006-Elsevier: Elsevier Announces the Winner of the First Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences; Professor David Buckingham of Cambridge University awarded for pioneering contributions to the molecular sciencesC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04102006 Amsterdam - The Chief Editors of...

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• Towards immortality.

  - 2006-05-17

  Byline: Graham Lawton May 17, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Some scientists believe that science is on the verge of delivering immortality, or something close to it. Theoretical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey from Cambridge University believes that repairing cellular and...

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• Stairway to good health.

  - 2006-05-04

  Byline: Carla Danaher May 04, 2006 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A UK study has found that small changes to a healthier lifestyle can increase the length of a person's life. Cambridge University researchers studied over 25,000 people. The study...

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• Two new journals from Cambridge University Press

  - 2006-05-01

  Cambridge University Press New York has begun the publication of two new journals in 2006, including "Health, Economics & Law" and "BioSocieties." "BioSocieties," launched with a March issue and scheduled to be published quarterly, focuses on the advancing analytic understanding of the social, ethical, legal, economic, public and policy...

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• Herzstein, Robert E.: Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia.(Book review)

  - 2006-03-22

  Herzstein, Robert Henry R. Luce, Time and the American Crusade in Asia Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 389 pp., $30.00, ISBN 0-521-83577-1 Publication Date: August 2005 Here Robert Herzstein, whose Henry R. Luce: A Political Portrait (1994), covered his subject's life and work...

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• Two new journals from Cambridge University Press

  - 2006-03-16

  Cambridge University Press New York has begun the publication of two new journals in 2006, including "Journal of Laryngology & Otology" and "BioSocieties." "BioSocieties," launched with a March issue and scheduled to be published quarterly, focuses on the advancing analytic understanding of the social, ethical, legal, economic, public and...

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• Older and fatter: health forecast grim.

  - 2005-07-17

  Jul 17, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) A sociologist has given a prediction about the health of people in New South Wales NSW in 2026. Graham Lister, from Cambridge University, wrote his predictions on the basis of a NSW Health report....

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• Wilhelm II

  - 2005-04-01

  Wilhelm II: The Kaiser's Personal Monarchy, 1888-1900. John C.G. Rohl. Sheila de Bellaigue, translator. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]95.00 (US$150.00). xxi + 1287 pages. ISBN 0-521-81920-2. This biography is definitive by being exhaustive. This second volume describes the first half of Wilhelm's reign and his hunger for greater power than...

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