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• Leicester rehabilitation programmes highlighted by national charity

  Date: 6 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-leicester-rehabilitation-programmes-highlighted-national-charity

  Two initiatives developed at Leicester’s Hospitals have been cited in the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) new five-point plan to achieve the...

• Check urine to ensure patients are taking blood pressure tablets, researchers urge

  Date: 19 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-check-urine-patients-blood-pressure-tablets

  Doctors from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester show simple process may save NHS millions.

• MRI research that gets to the heart of the matter

  Date: 25 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-mri-research-that-gets-to-the-heart-of-the-matter

  Insight into heart disease to be presented at University of Leicester’s Frank May Prize Lecture 2018 on 29 October

• New study underway to find best treatment for wake-up stroke patients

  Date: 3 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/4-new-study-underway-to-find-best-treatment-for-wake-up-stroke-patients

  New study underway to find best treatment for wake-up stroke patients led by Professor Thompson Robinson, Head of Department of Cardiovascular...

• New drugs to prevent tuberculosis could be developed thanks to this novel cell wall breakthrough

  Date: 2 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/3-cell-wall-breakthrough

  Research has identified a novel regulatory mechanism, which when deactivated, results in the death of the life-threatening pathogen.

• Expert opinions cover pubs, who to believe and symptoms of kidney disease

  Date: 3 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/expert-opinions-cover-pubs-who-to-believe-and-symptoms-of-kidney-disease

  The Conversation and Think: Leicester talking points: a range of topical issues recently tackled by academics 1-30 September.

• Study shows most common symptoms reported by people with kidney disease

  Date: 3 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/study-shows-most-common-symptoms-reported-by-people-with-kidney-disease

  Leicester researchers develop Kidney Symptom Questionnaire which will be used by healthcare professionals across UK A team of researchers from...

• Walking Cricket aims to push the boundaries for exercise in Leicestershire

  Date: 3 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/walking-cricket-aims-to-push-the-boundaries-for-exercise-in-leicestershire

  Walking Cricket is designed for all those looking for a slower pace of the popular pastime.

• New insights into ‘glue’ for DNA

  Date: 29 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/new-insights-into-2018glue2019-for-dna

  Leicester scientist involved in discovery of how a component of the cohesin ring binds DNA.

• Ultrasound could improve early detection of vascular diseases

  Date: 20 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/ultrasound-could-improve-early-detection-of-vascular-diseases

  Ultrasound conducted before a patient develops symptoms could improve early detection of diseases in blood vessels, Leicester researchers have shown.