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Blood cancer breakthrough offers clues for tailored patient treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/blood-cancer-breakthrough-offers-clues-for-tailored-patient-treatment
Patients with blood cancer could be offered a tailored course of treatment in the future, after Leicester academics successfully trialled the use...
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Signs of early heart failure revealed in patients with type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/heart-failure-diabetes
Adults with type 2 diabetes that have no history, signs or symptoms of heart problems have been shown to have severely limited exercise capacity.
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Study raises important questions about lockdown effects on BAME communities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/lockdown-effects-on-bame-communities
New research by University of Leicester academics reveals lockdown measures imposed in late March, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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New statistics show number of children admitted into intensive care with COVID-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/picanet
New figures released today by the Universities of Leeds and Leicester reveal the number of children in the UK who were in paediatric intensive...
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Representing BAME individuals in Covid-19 research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-individuals
Researchers must ensure people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are proportionately represented in Covid-19 studies, according to...
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First clinical review confirms BAME and COVID-19 link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-covid-clinical-review
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) individuals are at an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse clinical outcomes, according to...
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Making mental health a priority
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/mental-health-week
To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has reaffirmed the University of...
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Public transport use may lead to major COVID-19 outbreak
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/public-transport-covid
A leading academic at the University of Leicester has warned of major COVID-19 outbreaks amongst passengers using public transport if precautions...
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New tool launched to reduce frontline NHS staff deaths from COVID-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/new-tool
A new tool to reduce the number of frontline NHS staff deaths from COVID-19 has been launched across the health service today.
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Patients at higher risk of developing ME after COVID-19 diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/coronavirus-me-risk
On ME Awareness day today (Tuesday 12 May) researchers at the University of Leicester have warned that up to one in ten patients who have had...