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Medieval prayer guide written by woman to be published for the first time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medieval-women
Read more about Dr Ben Parson's new book, Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham Prayers and Meditations and Simon Appulby’s Fruyte of Redempcyon
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The Bulletin Leicester experts suggest Pokmon Go could ease diabetes burden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-experts-suggest-pokemon-go-could-ease-diabetes-burden
In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear why Leicester experts are suggesting that smartphone craze Pokémon Go could ease the burden of Type 2 diabetes.
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Interpreting documents
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-sources/interpreting-documents
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This section provides advice on how to interpret sources. This is a challenge that is faced by all historians, and is a key aspect of what it means to do history.
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Study measures the pulse of planet Earth to unearth climate change secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/study-measures-the-pulse-of-planet-earth2019-to-unearth-climate-change-secrets
An international research team led by Professor Heiko Balzter from the Department of Geography has for the first time harnessed technology typically used to diagnose heart disease in order to measure planet Earth’s pulse – and has uncovered hidden patterns of...
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Medical Physiology BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-physiology-bsc/2026
The human body is a well-oiled machine. But it’s still susceptible to disease. Why is this? You’ll answer questions like this through studying how the body works at a molecular, cellular and systems level.
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Harnessing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ can help combat antibiotic over prescription
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/wisdom-of-crowds
A new study has demonstrated that using the ‘wisdom of crowds’ (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels of antibiotic resistance.
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Doctors, Disease and Pandemics: Patients and Practitioners
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7312
Module code: HS7312 This module examines disease and the varieties of human response to it in society, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, taking a focused ‘case study’ approach.
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Doctors, Disease and Pandemics: Patients and Practitioners
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs7312
Module code: HS7312 This module examines disease and the varieties of human response to it in society, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, taking a focused ‘case study’ approach.
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Doctors, Disease and Pandemics: Patients and Practitioners
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs7312
Module code: HS7312 This module examines disease and the varieties of human response to it in society, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, taking a focused ‘case study’ approach.
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Lecture to explore the emerging blood test helping to spot cancer earlier
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/lecture-to-explore-the-emerging-blood-test-helping-to-spot-cancer-earlier
Research into a blood test that may spot cancers sooner and allow more targeted treatment is to be presented by researcher at our University. Professor Jacqui Shaw (pictured) from our Department of Cancer Studies will give the Frank May Prize Lecture 2017 on 26 June at 5.