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Live Well and Dance with Parkinsons - 2 Opportunities to get involved!

Live Well & Dance with Parkinson’s is an ambitious, exciting, bold and creative programme of dance and community action for people living with Parkinson’s, loved ones, carers, and friends.
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Pain Academy - Tick saliva could ease chronic pain and itching

Our Pain Academy is working on a new drug based on a protein found in tick saliva that could ease chronic pain and itching in people.
A tick on human skin

The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 91) is out now

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 90) is out now

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

Wolfson Fellow Tessa Pollard Inaugural Professorial Lecture: Moving Together - 23rd February 3PM

In this lecture I consider the ways in which everyday physical activities such as walking, particularly as part of a social group, are enjoyed and valued, as well as the pleasures and benefits of academic collaboration.
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The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 89) is out now

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.
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Research Conversation - Pregnancy and Education - 28th February 9.30 - 11.30

Research Conversations are a series of talks with researchers across Durham University and beyond focusing on a specific topic, looking at topics from different perspectives to identify and ask big questions, explain unexplained phenomena and work together to solve problems that haven’t been solved before.
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The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 88) is out now

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 87) is out now

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

Report paints a stark picture of inequality for children in the North

New report by the NHSA in collaboration with Durham University and other North East Academics reveals widening inequalities for children in the North of England cost billions, increase poverty and cost children’s lives
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The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 86) is out now

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.
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Brain injury study reveals rugby’s mental health crisis

Former professional rugby players are more likely to show signs of depression, anxiety and irritability compared to amateur rugby players and non-contact athletes, according to new research led by Durham University
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