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Below are the Bupa Foundation's latest announcements. Please click on the headline to read the article.

2009

9 June 2009
Phillip Poole-Wilson Seed Corn Fund to nurture new research ideas

2008

27 March 2008
Fitness barriers being broken in UK workplace exercise trial

3 March 2008
Bupa Foundation announces the 2008 Symposium date

2007

26 June 2007
£10,000 care award - Bupa Foundation awards scheme call for entries

26 June 2007
Bupa Foundation awards gives £70,000 for excellence in healthcare

23 May 2007
Bupa Foundation receives an award from The Stroke Association

2006

10 November 2006
From bowel cancer to Bollywood - the year's finest medical achievements

12 October 2006
Bupa Foundation boosts health in the workplace

31 August 2006
Surgical teams pilot team training

2005

7 June 2005
Bupa Foundation awards over £850,000 to projects that support the care needs of older people

2004

5 October 2004
Researchers to develop instrument that 'feels' tissue

12 July 2004
Team trials computerised treatment for obese teenagers

17 March 2004
Team trials method of performing "bloodless" liver surgery

1 March 2004
Team trials skin patches to treat stroke patients

1 March 2004
Research trial sets best practice for melanoma surgery

2003

18 November 2003
UCL study could revolutionise treatment for prostate cancer

11 November 2003
Bupa Foundation awards its annual Foundation Awards

1 September 2003
First study asks patients how they assess information websites

23 April 2003
Bupa Foundation calls for "innovation in surgery" studies

19 March 2003
Study to assist women decide how to give birth wins Bupa Foundation Grant

18 March 2003
Project to improve care for those with asthma wins Bupa Foundation research grant

2002

18 March 2002
Study looking at effects of increasingly well-informed patients wins Bupa Foundation grant