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New research suggests health education, Fitbits and cabin workouts can improve activity levels of lorry drivers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/shift
A targeted health programme, including health education sessions, Fitbits, and lorry cabin workouts, can improve the activity levels of...
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Leicester health research recognised among best in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/ref-clinical-medicine
Health research enabled by partnership between the University of Leicester and both the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and...
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Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi
A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain...
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Research reveals health inequalities for Black and South Asian women following gestational diabetes diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/gestational-diabetes
Black and South Asian women are up to three times more likely to develop certain long-term health conditions following a diagnosis of gestational...
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Study sheds light on how COVID-19 and blood glucose levels increase in-hospital cardiovascular and renal problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/covid-glucose
People admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are more at risk of developing cardiovascular and renal complications if they have low or high blood...
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Five year study reveals “unacceptable” inequalities in stillbirth rates between Black, Asian and White babies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/bmj-stillbirth
Researchers say around 1,800 stillbirths could have been prevented between 2014 and 2019 if ethnic inequalities did not exist - a 12%...
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Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity
A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in...
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Wellcome boost for PhD programme to tackle Leicester’s healthcare inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/wellcome-phd
The University of Leicester has been granted a major funding boost by the Wellcome Trust to provide improvements to healthcare inequalities in...
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Professor Kamlesh Khunti awarded CBE in New Year Honours 2022
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/kamlesh-khunti-cbe
Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester, has been made a Commander of...
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Biology unlikely to drive ethnic differences in COVID-19 risk for healthcare workers, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/covid-biology
The differences in COVID-19 infection risk between ethnic minority healthcare workers and their White colleagues is likely due to home and work...