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Workplace Stress Costing Employers Billions - Britain's Bosses Unaware Of The True Scale Of The Problem
Britain's bosses are unaware of the scale of mental ill health in their workplaces or the enormous financial toll they can take, according to a new Position Statement issued by the Faculty of Public Health (FPH). Mental health problems like stress, anxiety and depression caused or made worse by work are by far the biggest cause of sickness absence, costing an estimated 13bn in sickness pay and lost productivity, not to mention a further 12bn in public service spending and carers' time. [click link for full article] (Read More)

Chronic Kidney Disease Linked To Oxygen-deprived Tissue
Researchers have discovered how low-oxygen conditions can worsen chronic kidney disease. The key player is a protein called hypoxia-inducible-factor that, as its name suggests, is active when the kidney does not get enough oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. This research has implications for new approaches to kidney dialysis. (Read More)

Earliest Stage Of Planet Formation In Our Solar System Dated
Researchers have dated the earliest step in the formation of the solar system — when microscopic interstellar dust coalesced into mountain-sized chunks of rock — to 4,568 million years ago, within a range of about 2,080,000 years. (Read More)

Researchers Train The Immune System To Deliver Virus That Destroys Cancer In Lab Models
Scientists have designed a technique that uses the body's own cells and a virus to destroy cancer cells that spread from primary tumors to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system. (Read More)

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