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Weight re-gained after weight loss results in less muscle, more fat, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/overweight
A Leicester study that measured the fat mass and fat-free (muscle) mass of dieters suggests that weight loss followed by weight regain has a...
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UK-born UK healthcare workers more likely to report multiple long-term health conditions than those born overseas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/health-conditions
UK healthcare workers born in the UK are significantly more likely to report having multiple long-term health conditions than migrant UK...
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Leicester expert leads fight to cut India’s annual toll of 50,000 snakebite deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/india-snakes
A University of Leicester academic is using her expertise to help India cut the number of fatalities from snake-bites.
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Greater empathy reduces problems with patient care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/howick
Greater levels of compassion from hospital and clinical staff can reduce persistent problems with patient care says a University expert in empathy
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Multiple long-term conditions affect more than 14 per cent of English population, research finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/multiple-conditions
Imperial College London and University of Leicester researchers have been involved in the largest ever study on multiple long-term conditions...
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Podcast celebrates 10 years of major local health study with global impact
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/exceed-podcast
Researchers behind a major health study involving 11,000 patients across the city and county have highlighted the benefits it has brought over the...
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Innovation of the Year Award win for Leicester's Hospitals Cardiology Team
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/innovation-award-cardiology
A team who developed a ‘virtual ward’ to safely treat patients with an abnormal heart rhythm from their own homes in Leicester has been recognised...
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Effectiveness of ‘smart’ inhalers in preventing COPD flare ups is focus of new study
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...
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Ground-breaking discovery could pave the way for new therapies to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cholesterol-cells-stroke-cardiovascular
Researchers at the University of Leicester have discovered the mechanism by which cholesterol in our diet is absorbed into our cells
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Sweet genes – not sweet dreams - could explain why a bad night’s sleep makes you older
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/sleep
New funding support to research teams at University of Leicester to study sleep’s effects on ageing epigenetics Changes to our DNA occur...