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• New report published to give practical steps for using surgical checklists safely

  Date: 11 Jan 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/new-report-published-to-give-practical-steps-for-using-surgical-checklists-safely

  A new, freely accessible report led by Dr Emmilie Aveling from the Department of Health Sciences offers practical guidance to those seeking to...

• Study heralds intensive exercise with intervals

  Date: 8 Jan 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-heralds-intensive-exercise-with-intervals

  Short bursts of intensive exercise provide a more “time-efficient” and realistic way of preventing, delaying and managing Type 2 diabetes and also...

• Study finds high blood sugar levels could lead to heart attack complications

  Date: 5 Jan 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-finds-high-blood-sugar-levels-could-lead-to-heart-attack-complications

  A team led by Dr Richard Rainbow from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences has demonstrated for the first time the mechanism by which the...

• New Years Honours Professor Paul Boyle and Professor Melanie Davies awarded CBEs

  Date: 30 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/years-honours-professor-paul-boyle-and-professor-melanie-davies-awarded-cbes

  Our President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Boyle, has been appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours.

• 2015 in news - a selection of key stories from across the year

  Date: 21 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/2015-in-review-key-stories-from-across-the-year

  Now that 2015 has come to a close, catch up with some of the key University news stories from the past year.

• Study finds women experiencing delay in labour are willing to forsake their own birth plans

  Date: 21 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-finds-women-experiencing-delay-in-labour-are-willing-to-forsake-their-own-birth-plans

  A new study of women’s experiences of delay in labour has revealed that many mums-to-be are prepared to abandon their antenatal plans for how they...

• Research offers reassurance over multiple artery procedures for heart attack victims

  Date: 17 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/research-offers-reassurance-over-multiple-artery-procedures-for-heart-attack-victims

  A new study led by Dr Gerry McCann, NIHR Career Development Fellow from the University and Leicester's Hospitals, has examined the effects on the...

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.