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• Teddy bears to teach children about paw health

  Date: 5 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/teddy-bears-to-teach-children-about-paw-health

  Cuddly toys and their owners, young and old, are invited to receive a special health check at the University’s free family fun day marking the...

• Why Im so proud to work for the NHS

  Date: 4 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/why-i2019m-so-proud-to-work-for-the-nhs

  To mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS, Sky News has profiled University graduate Navin Leanage who has been working as a junior doctor with...

• Leicestershire man says type 2 diabetes study was the best thing he ever did

  Date: 29 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/leicestershire-man-says-type-2-diabetes-study-was-201cthe-best-thing-he-ever-did201d

  A man with type 2 diabetes is imploring the people of Leicester to take part in a health study which gave him a completely “new lease of life”.

• First global patient for kidney study recruited in Leicester

  Date: 28 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/first-global-patient-for-kidney-study-recruited-in-leicester

  A patient from Birmingham is the first person to be recruited into a new worldwide study to test new treatments for a potentially life-threatening...

• Leicester academic provides expert comment on Gosport hospital report

  Date: 27 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/leicester-academic-provides-expert-comment-on-gosport-hospital-report

  Professor Richard Baker, Emeritus Professor from our Department of Health Sciences, featured extensively in the national media last week following...

• Health Sciences research on inequality and obesity to be presented at prestigious lecture

  Date: 20 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/health-sciences-research-on-inequality-and-obesity-to-be-presented-at-prestigious-lecture

  A researcher from Leicester has been recognised for his excellent communication skills and efforts to share his work with the general public.

• Blood signature could improve early TB diagnosis

  Date: 19 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/blood-signature-could-improve-early-tb-diagnosis

  A gene signature in the bloodstream could reveal whether someone is going to develop active tuberculosis (TB) disease months before symptoms...

• Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim

  Date: 15 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim

  Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health...

• First-hand accounts of premature baby loss inspires new resource

  Date: 14 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/first-hand-accounts-of-premature-baby-loss-inspires-new-resource

  A new resource has been launched based on the first-hand experiences of parents whose baby died before, during or shortly after birth at 20 to 24...

• Latest report on stillbirth and neonatal death rates for local populations and individual NHS Trusts and Health Boards across the UK in 2016

  Date: 13 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/latest-report-on-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-for-local-populations-and-individual-nhs-trusts-and-health-boards-across-the-uk-in-2016

  Research published today shows that the stillbirth rate associated with twin pregnancy in the UK has reduced by around 44% over the period 2014 to...