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• More doctors to be trained in Leicester than ever before

  Date: 20 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/more-doctors-to-be-trained-in-leicester-than-ever-before

  More much-needed doctors are to be trained at the University of Leicester following the Government’s announcement of the biggest ever expansion of...

• Expert opinions cover heart disease migraines Salisbury and World Sleep Day

  Date: 16 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/expert-opinions-cover-heart-attacks-migraines-salisbury-and-world-sleep-day

  In an article for The Conversation, Dr Tom Webb and Professors Alison Goodall and Shu Ye have discussed possible reasons why age is such as strong...

• Students provide lifeline for local community

  Date: 14 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/students-provide-lifeline-for-local-community

  Passionate medical and allied health professional students are taking their skills to the community in a life-saving initiative they are leading...

• Researchers identify common biological features of different types of asthma

  Date: 13 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/researchers-identify-common-biological-features-of-different-types-of-asthma

  Researchers have identified biological variations in lung tissue samples that for the first time can help identify people with mild asthma from...

• 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...