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• Clinical trial looks at new ways to treat people living with severe aortic stenosis

  Date: 15/10/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/15-bhf-clinical-trial

  New research at the University of Leicester, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), could change the way people living with a debilitating...

• East Midlands gets £9 million health boost

  Date: 11/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/11-nihr-funding

  An organisation committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the East Midlands by speeding up the adoption of research and innovation into...

• Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properly

  Date: 05/04/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/05-type-2-diabetes-prescriptions

  Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their...

• Protein levels in urine are reliable measure of effectiveness in kidney disease research says study

  Date: 14/03/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-protein-urine-kidney-disease

  An international consortium of doctors and scientists, including members from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester, has found...

• New research project to improve early recognition and treatment of perinatal complications

  Date: 14/03/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-perinatal-complications-pregnancy-birth

  University of Leicester-led study to explore women’s use of websites and apps to diagnose problems during later stages of pregnancy.

• Actiphage blood test enters human TB trials

  Date: 06/03/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/06-tuberculosis-blood-test-trial

  A new blood test for tuberculosis (TB) could, for the first time, enable screening of patients at an early stage of infection.

• New clues about why non-smokers, as well as smokers, develop chronic lung disease revealed

  Date: 25/02/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/25-copd

  Researchers reveal findings that explain why some people who have never smoked develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

• Beta-blockers could reduce death among those with diabetes and hypoglycaemia

  Date: 22/02/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-beta-blockers-reduce-death-diabetes-hypoglycaemia

  A type of drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure could reduce the risk of death among those with type 2 diabetes and a related complication.

• World-first clinical trial to test personalised treatments for aggressive form of lung cancer

  Date: 29/01/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/29-world-first-clinical-personalised-treatment-lung-cancer

  The first-ever trial into delivering personalised treatment for mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, opened...

• New targeted oral treatments for severe asthma to be studied

  Date: 18/01/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/18-targeted-oral-treatments-for-severe-asthma

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