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• Health inequalities among ethnic groups have increased since pandemic, evidence shows

  Date: 11/08/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/diabetes-inequalities

  Existing health disparities amongst ethnic minorities with diabetes have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study published in the...

• New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years

  Date: 28/07/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/herpes-genome

  Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.

• Air quality can be better for active commuters than drivers, research shows

  Date: 27/07/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/commute-air-quality

  New Leicester research has found that people who commute by car can be subject to higher levels of harmful gases than those who walk or cycle to work.

• Review outlines methods to estimate life expectancy

  Date: 20/07/2022 00:00:00

  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.

• Targeted cancer treatment could provide new hope for mesothelioma patients

  Date: 07/07/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/nero

  A new clinical trial will test whether a type of targeted cancer treatment could improve survival for people with a rare and aggressive form of...

• Researchers create ‘Covid computer’ to speed up diagnosis

  Date: 01/07/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/covid-computers

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have created a new AI tool that can detect Covid-19.

• Research to develop revolutionary framework for assessing wellbeing in residents with dementia

  Date: 27/06/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/dementia

  Specialist neurological care provider, PJ Care, has partnered with the University of Leicester in a unique research project that could...

• Leicester team awarded prestigious prize from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists

  Date: 20/06/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/rcog

  The team are the first in the world to use handheld scanners to help children with a complex eye disorder.

• UK’s first and only research Centre dedicated to placing empathy at the heart of healthcare

  Date: 27/05/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/stoneygate-director

  The incoming director of a major new research and teaching Centre has described the urgent need to place empathy at the heart of healthcare.

• Phage film receives UK debut at University of Leicester

  Date: 27/05/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/salt-in-my-soul-screening

  More than 100 researchers, clinicians, and members of the public from across the UK gathered at the University of Leicester for the screening of...