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• Trainee medics take first aid skills to the streets

  Date: 13 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/trainee-medics-take-first-aid-skills-to-the-streets

  A group of 15 medical students from our University working as the Leicester branch of national charity StreetDoctors is set to expand its already...

• Serious asthma attacks reduced by temporary quadrupling of steroid inhaler

  Date: 12 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/serious-asthma-attacks-reduced-by-temporary-quadrupling-of-steroid-inhaler

  Serious asthma attacks in adults can be reduced by a temporary but significant increase in the dose of inhaled steroids during asthma worsenings,...

• Training Doctors in Iraq

  Date: 6 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/training-doctors-in-iraq

  The future of medical education in Iraq is being shaped by experts at Leicester.

• Kidney disease patients can benefit from lifting weights

  Date: 5 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/kidney-disease-patients-can-benefit-from-lifting-weights

  Lifting weights can provide significant health benefits to patients suffering from kidney disease.

• Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link

  Date: 28 Feb 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/ethnic-differences-in-need-for-heart-pacemakers-may-have-genetic-link

  Researchers have found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a...

• Leicester doctor receives Royal College 500-Year celebratory award

  Date: 27 Feb 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-doctor-receives-royal-college-500-year-celebratory-award

  Research to improve the outcomes for patients suffering from a devastating form of stroke called intracerebral haemorrhage has been...

• Launch of new collaboration to tackle lung disease

  Date: 19 Feb 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/launch-of-new-collaboration-to-tackle-lung-disease

  Leicester and Nottingham have announced a new strategic research collaboration with GSK, using genetics to aid the development of new medicines...

• Leicester part of partnership bringing world-class expertise to benefit patients and populations

  Date: 7 Feb 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/leicester-part-of-partnership-bringing-world-class-expertise-to-benefit-patients-and-populations

  Health Data Research UK is awarding £30 million funding to six sites across the UK - including our University - to address challenging healthcare...

• SAPPHIRE group is partner in 42m new research institute to boost evidence on improving care in the NHS

  Date: 2 Feb 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/sapphire-group-is-partner-in-ps42m-new-research-institute-to-boost-evidence-on-improving-care-in-the-nhs

  A new research institute led by the University of Cambridge is seeking to create a world-leading asset for the NHS by improving the science behind...

• Leicesters social media superstar welcomes robot to the medical school

  Date: 26 Jan 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester2019s-2018social-media-superstar2019-welcomes-robot-to-the-medical-school

  The winner of a national competition to find education’s social media superstars has welcomed a robot named Sanbot Elf to our medical school.