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• Innovation of the Year Award win for Leicester's Hospitals Cardiology Team

  Date: 20 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/innovation-award-cardiology

  A team who developed a ‘virtual ward’ to safely treat patients with an abnormal heart rhythm from their own homes in Leicester has been recognised...

• Leicester scientist recognised in national image competition

  Date: 24 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/reflections-of-research

  A scientist from the University of Leicester has been shortlisted for the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) annual ‘Reflections of Research’ image...

• New exercise app using space data aims to help those with long-term health conditions

  Date: 21 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/p-step

  A personalised new exercise app for people with long-term health conditions including heart and lung disease and diabetes is set to be piloted by...

• Three-million dollar trial aims to help people with multiple chronic health conditions.

  Date: 12 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/perform

  The University of Leicester is partnering with Monash University in Australia, the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester...

• Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women

  Date: 1 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/heart

  Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women

• Pioneering vascular research receives major boost from the British Heart Foundation

  Date: 30 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/professor-bown

  The British Heart Foundation has awarded nearly £900,000 to a University of Leicester professor to continue his pioneering heart valve research.

• University of Leicester experts set to launch global health research project in Nepal

  Date: 21 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/nepal

  A £10 million project lead by experts from the University of Leicester to improve healthcare in the subcontinent has taken a step forward with a...

• Multi-million pound boost for University of Leicester’s ability to improve and save lives

  Date: 14 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/brc-funding

  The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been funded for £26 million over the...

• Review outlines methods to estimate life expectancy

  Date: 20 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/life-expectancy

  Five key methods have been explored by Leicester researchers to calculate life expectancy and the life years lost due to disease and illness.

• Alternative to open heart surgery just as effective for patients with common heart condition

  Date: 19 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/tavi-results

  Leicester researchers have shown, in a ground-breaking study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), how a less...