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• Leicester medical students win national competition on social media safety

  Date: 7 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/medical-students-social-media-safety

  Four medical students from Leicester Medical School have won a UK-wide competition on professionalism held by the General Medical Council (GMC)...

• Chief Scientific Adviser pays tribute to University of Leicester’s world-leading research, impact, and COVID-19 response during visit

  Date: 18 Nov 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/sir-patrick-vallance

  Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, recently visited the University of Leicester to find out more about its research...

• Increasing diversity among patients provides opportunity for empathy muscle workout

  Date: 16 Nov 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/diversity-and-empathy

  New paper by University of Leicester researcher encourages health professionals to see diversity as an opportunity as a facilitator of empathy.

• Parents and researchers share insights at University of Leicester for World Prematurity Day

  Date: 9 Nov 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/prematurity-day

  University of Leicester invites parents, teachers and professionals to ‘The educational needs of children born preterm’ on Thursday 17 November.

• Leicester’s pharmacist prescribing programme is a national first

  Date: 28 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/pharmacy

  Employer demand has led to the University of Leicester launching the UK’s first independent pharmacist prescribing programme.

• New study shows the heart health benefits of more intense physical activity

  Date: 27 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/heart-study

  Study shows there is a greater reduction in cardiovascular disease risk when more of that activity is of at least moderate intensity.

• University of Leicester awarded £10m for research into non-communicable diseases in India and Nepal

  Date: 26 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/india-nepal-nihr

  Funding to help improve the care outcomes of people living with multiple long-term health conditions or multimorbidity in India and Nepal

• Time of day matters for breast cancer treatment: new study

  Date: 18 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/chronoradiotherapy

  Risk of developing breast shrinkage (atrophy) after radiotherapy can be affected by the time of day the patient is treated and their genetics.

• Multi-million pound boost for University of Leicester’s ability to improve and save lives

  Date: 14 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/brc-funding

  The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been funded for £26 million over the...

• Research shows higher rates of stillbirth and neonatal death for those living in deprived areas, minority ethnic groups and twin pregnancies

  Date: 13 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/stillbirth

  People living in the UK’s most deprived areas, minority ethnic groups and those with twin pregnancies all continue to experience higher rates of...