All entries for May 2007

Research Says Boiling Broccoli Ruins Its Anti Cancer Properties

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/research_says_boiling/

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the standard British cooking habit of boiling vegetables severely damages the anticancer properties of many Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and green cabbage.

Eleanor Lovell : 15 May 2007 09:48 |  Tags: Press Releases |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Actors, Directors & Poets descend on CAPITAL Centre for weekend of celebration

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/actors_directors_poets/

Dozens of professional actors, directors & poets are joining student actors, directors & poets in a festival at the CAPITAL Centre at the University of Warwick this weekend (12th and 13th May) to celebrate the opening of CAPITAL’s new premises at Millburn House on the University campus.

Eleanor Lovell : 11 May 2007 13:39 |  Tags: Press Releases |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Experts on Blair Era/Blair Legacy

Contact Peter Dunn on 07767 655860 for the experts’ direct contact details.

Dr Angie Hobbs – Cult of Celebrity – Mobile available from Peter Dunn

Dr Rob Johnson – Iraq – Mobile available from Peter Dunn

Dr Roger Trigg – Religion in public life – Mobile available from Peter Dunn

Professor Mark Stewart – Minimum wage – 02476 523336

Dr Roger Duclaud-Williams – Blair’s Political Legacy – 024 76 523106 or Home number availble from Peter Dunn

Eleanor Lovell : 10 May 2007 09:40 |  Tags: Experts And Topics |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Terminally–ill patients often denied chance to die at home

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/terminally-ill_patients_often/

Many terminally-ill patients cannot die at home because of a lack of services and training in palliative care, say researchers from the University of Warwick. Fewer and fewer people are dying at home and the most recent national statistics show only 22 per cent of cancer deaths occur there.

Eleanor Lovell : 04 May 2007 14:56 |  Tags: Press Releases |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Fighting fat in Warwick’s first Mini Medical School

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/fighting_fat_in/

People can experience a few hours of life as a trainee doctor without the long shifts and lack of sleep this summer at the University of Warwick. No qualifications are required for entry into a new community medical education programme being run by Warwick Medical School.

Eleanor Lovell : 04 May 2007 14:09 |  Tags: Press Releases |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Several Jupiter sized planets found to have only weak Earth like gravity

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/several_jupiter_sized/

Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that several Jupiter sized gas giants beyond our solar system have surface gravities much closer in strength to Earth than the intense gravity of Jupiter.

Eleanor Lovell : 02 May 2007 09:22 |  Tags: Press Releases |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Warwick celebrates league table success

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/warwick_celebrates_league/

The University of Warwick is confirmed as the Midlands’ leading University by a new league table released today.

Rated sixth in England, and in the top ten for the UK, Warwick’s world-renowned Business School comes second only to Oxford, while its school of American Studies come top of its category.

Eleanor Lovell : 02 May 2007 09:21 |  Tags: Press Releases |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem