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  • Study to help prevent the development of diabetes

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/study-to-help-prevent-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.

  • NHS staff retention to be investigated in new study

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/nhs-retention

    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.

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

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/cehs

    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.

  • Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-reveals-mysteries-of-enzyme-mechanism

    An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.

  • Global study reveals major gaps in diabetes care targets

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/diabetes-care-targets-khunti-leicester

    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.

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

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/placebo

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

  • Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box

    https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/cabinet-of-curiosities

    A unique performance that challenges the way we think about disability.

  • 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...

  • Research

    https://le.ac.uk/english/research

    English at Leicester is an internationally-recognised centre of research excellence across a comprehensive range of scholarly activities and chronological periods.

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