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• Leicester doctor awarded grant to reduce risks of heart attacks and strokes

  Date: 31 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-saratzis-grant

  A vascular surgeon from Leicester’s Hospitals has been awarded a four-year grant worth over £1 million from the National Institute for Health...

• Up to 1 in 3 of older people with schizophrenia might have undiagnosed diabetes

  Date: 2 Oct 2019

  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.

• Hollywood actress addresses aortic dissection conference

  Date: 12 Sep 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/13-aortic-dissection

  On Thursday 19 September, the University of Leicester plays host to the fourth annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK, an invitation-only event...

• East Midlands gets £9 million health boost

  Date: 10 Jul 2019

  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...

• Refugee Week: an opportunity for refugees and asylum seekers with a background in medicine

  Date: 20 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-refugee-week-sanctuary-medicine-programme

  An initiative to provide refugee and asylum seeking doctors and nurses an opportunity to gain a key language qualification is being spearheaded at...

• University of Leicester diabetes professors named among nation’s lifesavers

  Date: 15 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/16-nations-lifesavers

  Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies CBE featured in national campaign.

• Ground-breaking space technology receives real-life health application

  Date: 28 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/29-space-technology

  UK Space Agency awards Leicester team £2 million.

• Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properly

  Date: 4 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/05-type-2-diabetes-prescriptions

  Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their...

• Protein levels in urine are reliable measure of effectiveness in kidney disease research says study

  Date: 14 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-protein-urine-kidney-disease

  An international consortium of doctors and scientists, including members from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester, has found...

• Beta-blockers could reduce death among those with diabetes and hypoglycaemia

  Date: 22 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-beta-blockers-reduce-death-diabetes-hypoglycaemia

  A type of drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure could reduce the risk of death among those with type 2 diabetes and a related complication.