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• Effectiveness of ‘smart’ inhalers in preventing COPD flare ups is focus of new study

  Date: 16 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/copd

  A new study that will monitor patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from the comfort of their own homes, using inhalers with...

• Donor’s legacy will help train future surgeons

  Date: 22 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/surgical-suite

  The dying wish of a former surgeon is helping medical students at the University of Leicester to follow in his footsteps

• Samworth Foundation provides £1.5m boost for robotic-assisted surgery at Leicester’s hospitals

  Date: 18 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/samworth

  The number of cancer patients who can benefit from pioneering robot-assisted surgery is set to quadruple thanks to a £1.

• Leicester’s pharmacist prescribing programme is a national first

  Date: 28 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/pharmacy

  Employer demand has led to the University of Leicester launching the UK’s first independent pharmacist prescribing programme.

• Time of day matters for breast cancer treatment: new study

  Date: 18 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/chronoradiotherapy

  Risk of developing breast shrinkage (atrophy) after radiotherapy can be affected by the time of day the patient is treated and their genetics.

• University of Leicester expert’s report fuels pharmacy industry improvements

  Date: 2 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/pharmacy-david-wright

  University of Leicester health expert fuels pharmacy improvements

• Leicester health research recognised among best in the UK

  Date: 18 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/ref-clinical-medicine

  Health research enabled by partnership between the University of Leicester and both the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and...

• University of Leicester receives share of £34m BHF investment to help safeguard UK’s world-class research status

  Date: 5 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/05-british-heart-foundation-funding-research

  Funding will focus on strengthening research into precision medicine.

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

  Date: 25 Feb 2019

  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.