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• Fundraising success for University facial hair

  Date: 3 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/03-fundraising-success-facial-hair

  Students and staff at the University of Leicester have raised more than £7,000 for men's health causes by growing moustaches as part of the annual...

• Check urine to ensure patients are taking blood pressure tablets, researchers urge

  Date: 19 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-check-urine-patients-blood-pressure-tablets

  Doctors from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester show simple process may save NHS millions.

• Use genetic data to predict the best time of day to give radiotherapy to breast cancer patients, say Researchers

  Date: 15 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/15-radiotherapy-breast-cancer

  A new clinical study conducted in the HOPE clinical trials facility at Leicester’s Hospitals has revealed the pivotal role that changing the time...

• New BHF-funded research could predict the growth of life-threatening aneurysms before it is too late

  Date: 7 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-aneurysms

  Research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) at the University of Leicester could reduce the risk of death from a life-threatening aneurysm.

• New study underway to find best treatment for wake-up stroke patients

  Date: 3 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/4-new-study-underway-to-find-best-treatment-for-wake-up-stroke-patients

  New study underway to find best treatment for wake-up stroke patients led by Professor Thompson Robinson, Head of Department of Cardiovascular...

• Enhancing end of life care for BAME patients

  Date: 16 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/17-end-of-life-care-study

  University works with local charity LOROS Hospice and Leicester’s Hospitals to better understand the care needs of Black, Asian and Minority...

• Recognising the differing health needs of Leicester’s diverse population

  Date: 13 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/14-remedies-and-reasons

  Upcoming Health Matters exhibition recognises the differing health needs of Leicester’s diverse population

• African Caribbean men help to spread prostate cancer message

  Date: 5 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/african-caribbean-men-help-to-spread-prostate-cancer-message

  A video featuring the personal experiences of men with prostate cancer will be showcased in Leicester at an event to raise awareness of the...

• Walking Cricket aims to push the boundaries for exercise in Leicestershire

  Date: 3 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/walking-cricket-aims-to-push-the-boundaries-for-exercise-in-leicestershire

  Walking Cricket is designed for all those looking for a slower pace of the popular pastime.

• Funding programme launched by Childrens cancer charity based at Leicester

  Date: 5 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/funding-programme-launched-by-children2019s-cancer-charity-based-at-leicester

  A national childhood cancer charity based at our University is launching a new funding programme for research into rare and under-funded cancers...