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  • New research centre to study the impact of the environment on human health

    The Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CEHS) draws on experts from a wide variety of research backgrounds to investigate and mitigate the health problems from air pollution, environmental noise, and low-level chemical exposures.

  • Andrew Dunn: Page 101

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  • Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • Study to help prevent the development of diabetes

    Diabetes experts are carrying out a study to find the best way of screening people with learning disabilities to prevent them from developing diabetes. They are also looking at developing an education programme to help individuals as well as their family and carers.

  • Study provides further evidence that statins could prevent blood clots in the veins

    Further evidence has been found by researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Bristol to suggest statins could “significantly reduce” the occurrence of blood clotting in certain parts of the body.

  • Study investigates public acceptability for placebos as replacement of unnecessary medicines

    The wider use of placebos in primary care to reduce overprescribing, conserve existing antibiotics and limit further resistance, is publicly acceptable new study shows.

  • NHS staff retention to be investigated in new study

    At a time when staffing the NHS effectively has never been more important, a team of researchers is seeking to understand which ethnic groups are at greatest risk of leaving the NHS in 2024, with the aim of improving retention.

  • An interview with Nora Waddington

    Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on December 19, 2016 During the 1980s an oral history project was undertaken by the Leicester Oral history Archive.  These interviews are now held by the East Midlands Oral History Archives at the University of Leicester.

  • A 10 minute walk a day could add a year to your life – study finds

    A longer, healthier life could be as little as a ten-minute walk away, according to the findings of a new study conducted by researchers funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at the University of...

  • Global study reveals major gaps in diabetes care targets

    A global study involving academics from the University of Leicester has found that only 12 per cent of individuals with the condition are achieving all three targets simultaneously, despite significant advances in therapies and updated clinical guidelines.

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