News search

Filters applied:

• Cardiovascular
• Diabetes
• Ethnic health
• Nursing

Showing 111-120 of 230 results

• Study raises important questions about lockdown effects on BAME communities

  Date: 16 Jul 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/lockdown-effects-on-bame-communities

  New research by University of Leicester academics reveals lockdown measures imposed in late March, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

• Representing BAME individuals in Covid-19 research

  Date: 12 Jun 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-individuals

  Researchers must ensure people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are proportionately represented in Covid-19 studies, according to...

• First clinical review confirms BAME and COVID-19 link

  Date: 2 Jun 2020

  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...

• Trial success for less invasive life-saving cardiac procedure

  Date: 28 May 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/tavi

  A nationwide study led by Leicester academics has shown that a less invasive procedure to treat a common heart problem is just as effective as...

• Dr Pratik Choudhary to join world-leading Leicester Diabetes Centre

  Date: 20 May 2020

  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...

• New tool launched to reduce frontline NHS staff deaths from COVID-19

  Date: 12 May 2020

  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.

• Call for guidance after BAME COVID-19 death figures released

  Date: 6 May 2020

  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...

• Leicester-led trial shows less invasive cardiac procedure works as well as surgery

  Date: 2 Apr 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/03-tavi-cardiac-trial

  A nationwide study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), assessing a less invasive procedure that addresses a common heart...

• Improving cardiac surgery benefits through key research

  Date: 11 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-cardiac-surgery

  Over 35,000 adults undergo cardiac surgery in the UK every year with a further 1 million worldwide.

• A new potential treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease

  Date: 31 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-trib1-research

  A collaborative study involving scientists from the University of Leicester has shown, for the first time, that a protein expressed in a subset of...