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First clinical review confirms BAME and COVID-19 link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-covid-clinical-review
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) individuals are at an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse clinical outcomes, according to...
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Dr Pratik Choudhary to join world-leading Leicester Diabetes Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/pratik-choudhary
The world-leading Leicester Diabetes Centre has announced that Dr Pratik Choudhary is to join its team of experts as a Professor in type 1...
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New tool launched to reduce frontline NHS staff deaths from COVID-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/new-tool
A new tool to reduce the number of frontline NHS staff deaths from COVID-19 has been launched across the health service today.
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Call for guidance after BAME COVID-19 death figures released
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/call-for-guidance
Urgent guidance on how the NHS will seek to minimise risk to those people from BAME backgrounds who are receiving care and serving on the...
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Professor Alex Mitchell cited as one of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-highly-cited
Professor Alex Mitchell, Honorary Professor of Psycho-oncology and Liaison Psychiatry, has been cited in a list of ‘the world’s most influential...
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Up to 1 in 3 of older people with schizophrenia might have undiagnosed diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/03-diabetes-mental-health
Researchers linked with the University of Leicester have found high rates of diabetes in schizophrenia which is often overlooked.
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East Midlands gets £9 million health boost
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...
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University of Leicester diabetes professors named among nation’s lifesavers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/16-nations-lifesavers
Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies CBE featured in national campaign.
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Leicester Heroes event aims to recruit hundreds of new potential stem cell donors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/30-rik-basra-anthony-nolan
The University of Leicester has once again teamed up with the Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign to host an event on Tuesday 30 April 2019 which aims to...
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Chemotherapy-free treatment gives hope to adult leukaemia patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/25-chemotherapy-free-leukaemia-treatment
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) may be offered a chemotherapy-free treatment in future, following promising results from a...