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Behavioural activation therapy can stave off major depression
A psychological treatment known as behavioural activation can help prevent older people with mild symptoms of depression from developing more severe, clinical, depression, a study has found.
Research tackling sudden death heart condition
Over 50,000 people in Yorkshire and the Humber carry a faulty gene putting them at high risk of developing heart disease or sudden death, according to new estimates by the British Heart Foundation.
The new Brownlee Centre
A new £5m University of Leeds sports facility is to be named after its most successful alumni athletes, Olympic heroes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee.
GPs want more support to prescribe cancer prevention drugs
GPs want more support when offering drugs that lower the risk of certain cancers, a new report by the University of Leeds and Cancer Research UK reveals.
New spin-out firm tackles diet-related disease
A new spin-out company, Dietary Assessment Ltd, has formed to help track and analyse dietary intake.