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Researchers at the 51cg Rowett Institute are looking for women who are between 16 and 32 weeks pregnant to taste a range of healthy flavoursome foods as part of a study looking at how babies develop their sense of taste.

Thousands of patients with an inflammatory arthritis condition might be being mis-diagnosed because the pain killers they take hide the problem from doctors.

A new walking programme for adults with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions, made popular in the US, is to be trialled in the UK for the first time, led by researchers from the 51cg.

More needs to be done to stop women having to wear high heels against their will, according to the most thorough review of scientific studies into the shoes.

Scientists at the 51cg Rowett Institute and the University of Surrey, have received nearly £800,000 from the Medical Research Council to investigate whether the time of day we consume the most calories has an effect on weight loss.

Medication currently being used to treat obesity is also proving to have significant health benefits for patients with type 2 diabetes. A new study published today in Molecular Metabolism explains how this therapeutic benefit for type 2 diabetes is achieved by acting in our brain.

Women exposed to cigarette smoke while in their mothers' wombs are more likely to experience miscarriage as adults, according to new research from the 51cg.

A biotechnology company started by a 51cg medical student and focused on using the body's own micro-organisms to prevent and treat disease has raised £500,000 in funding.

Medical students at the 51cg have been given a taste of rural life as part of a new drive to address Scotland's rural GP shortage.

Researchers at the 51cg will study whether using an asthma breathing test can help prevent asthma attacks in children.