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

  Date: 01/06/2023 00:00:00

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

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

• Increasing diversity among patients provides opportunity for empathy muscle workout

  Date: 16/11/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/diversity-and-empathy

  New paper by University of Leicester researcher encourages health professionals to see diversity as an opportunity as a facilitator of empathy.

• Dr Rachel Winter has won the Royal College of Psychiatrists Higher Psychiatric Trainee of the Year Award

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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/rachel-winter

  Dr Rachel Winter, honorary consultant in old age psychiatry at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and associate professor in empathic healthcare...

• £8.8 million to speed up gene discoveries for lung conditions

  Date: 10/10/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/wellcome-funding-lung-health

  New project aims to speed up process of finding treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and pulmonary fibrosis.

• 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.