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• Top 10 New Years resolution lifestyle tips

  Date: 4 Jan 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/top-10-new-year2019s-lifestyle-resolution-tips

  Working out with friends, exercising in short bursts and binning faddy supplements are some of the ways people can keep fit and help prevent...

• New Years Honours Professor Paul Boyle and Professor Melanie Davies awarded CBEs

  Date: 30 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/years-honours-professor-paul-boyle-and-professor-melanie-davies-awarded-cbes

  Our President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Boyle, has been appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours.

• 2015 in news - a selection of key stories from across the year

  Date: 21 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/2015-in-review-key-stories-from-across-the-year

  Now that 2015 has come to a close, catch up with some of the key University news stories from the past year.

• Study shows regularly standing up helps prevent Type 2 diabetes

  Date: 16 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-shows-standing-up-helps-prevent-type-2-diabetes

  Women who have an inactive daily routine and are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes can help prevent the condition by regularly standing up or...

• Geneticist in major project to breed new varieties of wheat

  Date: 14 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/geneticist-in-major-project-to-breed-new-varieties-of-wheat

  Our University has been included in one of three high-value, long-term research projects totalling £13.

• Study reviews new once-weekly Type 2 diabetes drugs

  Date: 8 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-reviews-new-once-weekly-type-2-diabetes-drugs

  Once-weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) differ in their efficacy and safety profiles, according to new research by...

• 25 years ago Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys solved the mystery of what happened to notorious Nazi war criminal

  Date: 19 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/25-years-ago-professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-solved-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-notorious-nazi-war-criminal

  25 years ago yesterday (18 November, 1990), the Leicester Mercury ran an article about genetic fingerprinting pioneer Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys,...

• Diabetes Professors back Jamie Oliver sugar campaign

  Date: 17 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/diabetes-professors-back-jamie-oliver-sugar-campaign

  Two of the country’s leading researchers into Type 2 diabetes have come out in support of Jamie Oliver’s latest health campaign, saying “it’s...

• Artistic PhD student pens animated message for World Diabetes Day

  Date: 12 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/artistic-phd-student-pens-video-message-for-world-diabetes-day

  A diabetes researcher at our University has combined science with art to produce a powerful awareness-raising message for World Diabetes Day.

• Unique NHS autopsy service wins healthcare innovation award

  Date: 9 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/unique-nhs-autopsy-service-wins-prestigious-healthcare-innovation-award

  The implementation of the first true NHS located Post-Mortem Computed Tomography service by Leicester forensic pathologists and radiologists has...