Spatial neglect
Offering a reward can improve visual awareness in stroke patients
Stroke patients who have difficulty paying attention to part of their visual field may perform better when offered a reward.
Stories written by Samuel Wong
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Professor Dermot Kelleher
Dermot Kelleher: Principal aims
One-time dentistry student Professor Dermot Kelleher is getting his teeth into the challenges of leading Imperial's Faculty of Medicine.
Paediatrics
Britain neglecting children's health research, says report
Barriers to effective child health research are contributing to a high childhood mortality rate in the UK, according to a report.
BBSRC funding
Over £6.2m to develop rapid responses to emerging poultry viruses
BBSRC funding will help to establish the next generation of poultry virologists in the UK.
Environment and health
Smartphones and high-tech labs to reveal health effects of pollutants
Imperial leads major EU initiative to study how environmental pollutants influence health.
Chemical clues
New centre heralds age of precision medicine
The Imperial Clinical Phenome Centre aims to provide doctors with better information at each stage of a patient's treatment.
Clinical services
Life-saving role of heart attack centres confirmed in new study
Recent studies produced misleading results because doctors tend to send the sickest patients to have the best care, according to new research.
Epigenetics
Smokers leave a history of their addiction in DNA
Chemical tags on the genome could help predict cancer risk, according to study.
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Mortality rates
Heart disease map of England highlights growing social inequality in older ages
Gap between rich and poor widening, finds study of death rates from heart and circulatory disease in each electoral ward in England
Dementia research
Blood pressure drug shows Alzheimer's benefits in mice
Prazosin prevents memory decline in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, a study has found.
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