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• Regular exercisers should be reassured by results of heart study, experts claim

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/heart-study

  A study by University of Leicester researchers, investigating the belief that too much exercise can be bad for the heart has found that the heart’s structure and function does adapt to high levels of habitual physical activity but these changes stay within normal ranges

• Study highlights barriers to healthcare for patients with learning disabilities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/learning-disabilities

  Patients with learning disabilities experience significant barriers to accessing healthcare in England, new study by University of Leicester researchers shows

• Effectiveness of ‘smart’ inhalers in preventing COPD flare ups is focus of new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/copd

  A new study that will monitor patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from the comfort of their own homes, using inhalers with digital sensors and a mobile app, has signed up 42 patients.

• First global patient for kidney study recruited in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/first-global-patient-for-kidney-study-recruited-in-leicester

  A patient from Birmingham is the first person to be recruited into a new worldwide study to test new treatments for a potentially life-threatening kidney condition called IgA nephropathy.

• First Findings of the ‘Work-Life Balance and the Pandemic’ Study Amongst University Employees

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2021/01/18/first-findings-of-the-work-life-balance-and-the-pandemic-study-amongst-university-employees/

  Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on January 18, 2021 “Well-being amongst university employees fell between May and September 2020, and increased loneliness and an inability to detach from work accounted for this.

• Study on dopamine neurons could improve mobility and neurological disorder research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/study-on-dopamine-neurons-could-improve-mobility-and-neurological-disorder-research

  A research team from the Department of Biology has discovered for the first time both when and why the particular cells in the brain that affect movement are active - after examining transparent zebrafish.

• Student study investigates how lasers can control lightning

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/student-study-investigates-how-lasers-can-control-lightning

  Physics students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have investigated the possibility of inducing, directing and controlling lightning strikes using lasers.

• Study shows slow walking pace is good predictor of heart-related deaths

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-shows-slow-walking-pace-good-predictor-of-heart-related-deaths

  A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has concluded that middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk...

• First witness to the Great Fire of London uncovered by University of Leicester academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/fire-of-london

  Professor Kate Loveman of the University of Leicester for the Museum of London has identified the first witness of the Great Fire of London.

• New study to explore actions of solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-study-to-explore-actions-of-solidarity-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees

  A new study into collective actions in support of vulnerable groups – including asylum seekers and refugees - is being led by our University in collaboration with the Université de Nantes.