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• New academy aims to change nature of health care for older people

  Date: 14 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-academy-aims-to-change-nature-of-health-care-for-older-people

  A new academy has been set up in Leicester that hopes to tackle the challenges of ageing and change the nature of health care for older people.

• Long-running course receives postgraduate funding boost

  Date: 13 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/long-running-course-receives-postgraduate-funding-boost

  Two major funders of health and medical research across the UK are supporting a long-running course at our University with a total of seven...

• New research compares diet and exercise in controlling diabetes

  Date: 5 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-research-compares-diet-and-exercise-in-controlling-diabetes

  Exercise is being pitted against diet in a straight contest to find out which results in better diabetes control and the effect on heart function...

• New test for sudden cardiac death receives funding

  Date: 1 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-test-for-sudden-cardiac-death-receives-funding

  A new test to identify patients at risk of sudden cardiac death is being developed by researchers at our University and Leicester’s Hospitals...

• The Bulletin Leicester looks back at Richard III reinterment

  Date: 23 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-looks-back-at-richard-iii-reinterment

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear how the University of Leicester has been marking the...

• Professor Sir Nilesh Samani announced as next British Heart Foundation Medical Director

  Date: 18 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/professor-sir-nilesh-samani-announced-as-next-british-heart-foundation-medical-director

  Professor Sir Nilesh Samani (pictured) has been announced as the next Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

• Over 200 academics sign up as University experts

  Date: 17 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/over-200-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts

  More than 200 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at our...

• The Bulletin Leicester geology students discover LCFC earthquake

  Date: 15 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-leicester-geology-students-discover-lcfc-earthquake

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear how Leicester City are shaking up the Premier League;...

• The Bulletin - Leicester research links GP numbers to mortality

  Date: 15 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/the-bulletin-leicester-research-links-gp-numbers-to-mortality

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear about the study that suggests that the supply of GPs...

• Good cholesterol doesnt always lower heart attack risk

  Date: 11 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/2018good2019-cholesterol-doesn2019t-always-lower-heart-attack-risk

  Some people with high levels of ‘good’ high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are at increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD),...