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• Introducing… the Leicester Grading System for Foveal Hypoplasia

  Date: 12 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/12-leicester-foveal-scale

• 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.

• Risk calculator helps GPs predict which kidney disease patients need hospital care

  Date: 8 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/08-kidney-study

  A new study has discovered a way to help GPs predict which people with kidney disease are more likely to go on to develop kidney failure and need...

• Free comedy theatre show on Victorian mental health treatments

  Date: 4 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/04-time-travel-treatment

  Audiences are being invited to take a step back into the Victorian Era on Thursday 7 November for a free event at the University of Leicester...

• 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...

• 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...

• Over £20 million government award marks Midlands’ bio-economy strengths

  Date: 23 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/24-bbsrc-dtps

  A consortium of Midlands research-active universities, including the University of Leicester, has just been awarded research studentships worth...

• Clinical trial looks at new ways to treat people living with severe aortic stenosis

  Date: 14 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/15-bhf-clinical-trial

  New research at the University of Leicester, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), could change the way people living with a debilitating...

• Mollusc invaders in the Thames – a mark of the Anthropocene

  Date: 13 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-thames-molluscs

  In the last few decades, the life of London’s River Thames has been transformed.

• 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.