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(University of Edinburgh) Scientists have shed light on why it is easier to learn about things related to what we already know than it is to learn about unfamiliar things, according to a new study.

(University of Edinburgh) Fresh insight into the survival strategy of the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could help inform new treatments for the disease.

(University of Edinburgh) Vulnerable communities in the developing world will be better placed to cope with the effects of climate change thanks to an initiative coordinated by the University of Edinburgh.

(University of Edinburgh) A surprising discovery about the complex make-up of our cells could lead to the development of new types of medicines, a study suggests.

(Public Library of Science) In the first in a series on evaluating eHealth in the open access journal PLoS Medicine, Aziz Sheikh and Lorraine Catwell from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, outline the background to the series and discuss the importance of evaluating the widespread investments in and adoption of information communication technology in health care.

(Brown University) Researchers from Brown University, the Harvard School of Public Health, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, and the University of Edinburgh say Brazil's push for inexpensive, low-cost HIV and AIDS treatments has helped contain thevirus during the last 20 years.

Details will be published in the July/Augustissue of Health Affairs.