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  • Increase in chronic conditions in older people identified in study

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/increase-in-chronic-conditions-in-older-people-identified-in-study

    The number of older people in England living with more than one chronic condition could have risen by ten per cent in the last decade putting...

  • Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago

    Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by...

  • Supply of GPs and detection of hypertension in England associated with premature mortality rates

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/supply-of-gps-and-detection-of-hypertension-in-england-associated-with-premature-mortality-rates

    General practitioner numbers appear to have a small but important influence on premature mortality rates in England, according to research led...

  • Research shows red meat metabolite levels high in acute heart failure patients

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-red-meat-metabolite-levels-high-in-acute-heart-failure-patients

    Patients with acute heart failure often have high levels of the metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) – of which red meat is a major dietary...

  • University wins support for out of the box ideas

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/university-wins-support-for-2018out-of-the-box2019-ideas

    Research into new drugs at the University has been boosted by government money.

  • Research uses Sir David Attenboroughs DNA to determine link between Y chromosome and surname

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-uses-sir-david-attenborough2019s-dna-to-determine-link-between-y-chromosome-and-surname

    A study carried out by Dr Turi King from the Department of Genetics used the DNA of Sir David Attenborough as part of a larger study to see if...

  • Molecules in processed foods could unlock key to healthier diets

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/molecules-in-processed-foods-could-unlock-key-to-healthier-diets

    Our favourite foods could be made healthier thanks to a new technique developed by researchers from the Department of Cardiovascular...

  • What is saffron

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron

    Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of...

  • Leicester research cited in new series of the X-Files

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/leicester-research-cited-in-new-series-of-the-x-files

    Actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have solved countless mysteries and battled a variety of fierce aliens throughout the years playing...

  • Substandard diabetes care letting people down

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/2018substandard2019-diabetes-care-letting-people-down

    Simple measures to improve diabetes care and pick up complications are being ignored leading to “substandard” treatment, a prominent diabetes GP...
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