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• UK NHS Trust and Health Board stillbirth and neonatal death rates published

  Date: 16 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/uk-nhs-trust-and-health-board-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-published

  Today MBRRACE-UK is publishing the first perinatal mortality surveillance report for Trusts and Health Boards in the UK.

• Study shows regularly standing up helps prevent Type 2 diabetes

  Date: 16 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-shows-standing-up-helps-prevent-type-2-diabetes

  Women who have an inactive daily routine and are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes can help prevent the condition by regularly standing up or...

• Geneticist in major project to breed new varieties of wheat

  Date: 14 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/geneticist-in-major-project-to-breed-new-varieties-of-wheat

  Our University has been included in one of three high-value, long-term research projects totalling £13.

• Study reviews new once-weekly Type 2 diabetes drugs

  Date: 8 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-reviews-new-once-weekly-type-2-diabetes-drugs

  Once-weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) differ in their efficacy and safety profiles, according to new research by...

• Parliamentary debates cite Leicesters research

  Date: 7 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/parliamentary-debates-cite-leicesters-research

  The work of our University has been cited in two separate debates in Parliament.

• Infants under 12 months most at risk of physical abuse

  Date: 25 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/infants-under-12-months-most-at-risk-of-physical-abuse

  Research co-authored by a Professor from our University has found infants under the age of 12 months are most at risk of serious physical abuse.

• Our cancer researchers feature in new publication

  Date: 25 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/our-cancer-researchers-feature-in-new-publication

  The work of our University’s cancer researchers features in a new special issue of ecancermedicalscience It provides a special focus on three...

• Origins of Pepyss famous diary unravelled

  Date: 23 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/origins-of-pepys2019s-famous-diary-unravelled

  The diary of the seventeenth-century cultural icon Samuel Pepys - which contains references to bribery, illicit sex, and criticisms of powerful...

• 25 years ago Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys solved the mystery of what happened to notorious Nazi war criminal

  Date: 19 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/25-years-ago-professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-solved-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-notorious-nazi-war-criminal

  25 years ago yesterday (18 November, 1990), the Leicester Mercury ran an article about genetic fingerprinting pioneer Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys,...

• Critical gaps in antenatal care identified in cases of term stillbirths

  Date: 18 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/critical-gaps-in-antenatal-care-identified-in-cases-of-term-stillbirths

  A new study launched today has revealed key steps for hospitals to improve care for pregnant mums and babies.