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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/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.

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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/brisk-walk

  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...

• Andrew Dunn: Page 106

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/106/

  Academic Librarian.

• Study suggests corporations could be destroyed by psychopathic leadership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-suggests-corporations-could-be-destroyed-by-psychopathic-leadership

  According to new research led by the Universities of Leicester and Coventry, investing in companies that have psychopaths in their higher echelons of power could be harmful to your wealth.

• United Nations Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/30/united-nations-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2017 UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter.   Read the full text of this historic document online.

• Iraq, Syria and the Middle East

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/iraq-syria-and-the-middle-east/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Iraq Syria and the Middle East: an essay by Tony Blair Read the essay from Former British Prime minister on his official website to find out what he thinks Western governments should do.

• Insights into visual supersense provided by new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researcher-gains-new-insights-into-human-visual-abilities

  An experiment originally designed to test the visual abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish has provided researchers with new insights into a human supersense – the ability to perceive the polarisation of light.

• 50 years of credit cards

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/04/50-years-of-credit-cards/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2016 Its 50 years since people started using credit cards in the UK with the issue of the first Barclaycards. The BBC has a fascinating social history feature.

• People

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/precision-health/people

  Our members make up an interdisciplinary team of leading scientists. Here, you can learn more about our institute management board and leadership team.

• Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm

  A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility