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Study finds high blood sugar levels could lead to heart attack complications
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...
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New Years Honours Professor Paul Boyle and Professor Melanie Davies awarded CBEs
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.
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2015 in news - a selection of key stories from across the year
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.
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Study finds women experiencing delay in labour are willing to forsake their own birth plans
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...
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Leicester medic rugby players show off their tackle for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/leicester-medic-rugby-players-show-off-their-tackle-for-charity
The Leicester Medics Rugby Football Club (LMRFC) has bared all for a naked calendar in the name of charity.
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Research offers reassurance over multiple artery procedures for heart attack victims
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...
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UK NHS Trust and Health Board stillbirth and neonatal death rates published
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.
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Geneticist in major project to breed new varieties of wheat
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.
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Leicesters approach was truly trailblazing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/2018leicester2019s-approach-was-truly-trail-blazing2019
The University has won the 2015 UAR Openness Award for animal research public engagement activity.
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Graduate doctor rushes to aid of stab victim in London tube station
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/graduate-doctor-rushes-to-aid-of-stab-victim-in-london-tube-station
A heroic doctor rushed to the rescue after a man was stabbed in a terrorist attack in a London tube station.