Articles tagged with 'health' | University of Ƶ

University of Ƶ - Archive (health)

2025
02
October
2025
| 16:58 Europe/London
An AI-powered hearing test is reliably able to check your hearing on a computer or smart phone without clinical supervision according to a study by University of Ƶ researchers.
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01
October
2025
| 23:30 Europe/London
Commercial sunbeds should be banned in the UK, argue experts from the University of Ƶ and Christie NHS Foundation Trust  in The BMJ today.
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01
October
2025
| 07:38 Europe/London
A new way to treat asthma symptoms and even repair previously irreversible lung damage could be on the horizon following the discovery of a potential new therapeutic target by scientists at the Universities of Aberdeen and Ƶ.
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25
September
2025
| 11:02 Europe/London
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that local authorities will be granted greater powers to regulate high street outlets such as betting shops and vape shops. The move marks a significant policy shift, and it directly reflects
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22
September
2025
| 11:48 Europe/London
Every year, thousands of people with mental health conditions in the UK are missing out on cutting-edge treatments because the NHS is losing ground to private companies in clinical research, a new study from The University of Ƶ has warned.
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12
September
2025
| 10:28 Europe/London
On 1 October the University’s Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) will mark its 80th anniversary with a celebratory afternoon of talks and discussion that will incorporate this year’s Lane Lecture.
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10
September
2025
| 15:16 Europe/London
Men, black communities and the poorly educated are experiencing significant  disparities in accessing game-changing digital healthcare for type 2 diabetes, data scientists from The University of Ƶ show.
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08
September
2025
| 12:31 Europe/London
An international group of researchers has developed a new tool which can help identify problematic randomised controlled trials (RCTs), including fraudulent studies, where there are serious concerns about trustworthiness.
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27
August
2025
| 15:24 Europe/London
Research on venous leg ulcer treatments, doggedly pursued by two University of Ƶ academics since 1989, has greatly influenced NICE guidance issued this month.
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26
August
2025
| 09:01 Europe/London
A new blood test pioneered by diagnostics company AOA Dx (AOA) can detect ovarian cancer in symptomatic women with high accuracy a study by researchers from the Universities of Ƶ and Colorado has found.
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15
August
2025
| 15:08 Europe/London
University of Ƶ scientists have mapped the mutations in the tiny protein chains that cause a subtype of muscular dystrophy.
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15
August
2025
| 04:12 Europe/London
Scientists from The University of Ƶ and Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a series of biological signals which can predict how chronic kidney disease is likely to progress.
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11
August
2025
| 13:03 Europe/London
Vaccines are one of the greatest public health success stories of all time. Over the past 50 years, they’ve saved an estimated 154 million lives. But in the US, both access to vaccines and public trust in them are being systematically undermined –
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22
July
2025
| 14:45 Europe/London
An enzyme expressed by skin cells could be helpful in the management of non-healing skin wounds and ulcers, according to research by University of Ƶ and Singapore’s A*STAR Skin Research Lab scientists.
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16
July
2025
| 23:30 Europe/London
Doctors and genetic researchers at The University of Ƶ have discovered that changes in a gene leads to severe nerve damage in children following a mild bout of infection.
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16
July
2025
| 09:30 Europe/London
The environment is increasingly acknowledged to play a critical role in our risk of developing diseases, with 30,000 deaths attributed to air pollution alone in the UK each year. A new research centre based at The Universities of Ƶ and
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11
July
2025
| 15:57 Europe/London
An extra ultrasound scan for pregnant women who think their baby’s movements have reduced results in fewer complications in labour, according to an international study by experts in the Netherlands and Ƶ.
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10
July
2025
| 10:27 Europe/London
Halifax dad Ben Moorhouse is to take on two extreme physical challenges in just one week to raise vital funds for stillbirth research led by researchers at The University of Ƶ and Ƶ University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), in memory
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09
July
2025
| 15:09 Europe/London
A new study has opened in Ƶ which could improve screening and early detection of lung cancer for high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, following a £1.3 million funding award.
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08
July
2025
| 13:38 Europe/London
A high achieving Public Health Masters student is to become the second student to receive the University of Ƶ’s Dr Sally Bradley Memorial Prize.
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02
July
2025
| 11:47 Europe/London
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust together with the Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre and The University of Ƶ  has developed a new blood test that can tell doctors precisely how active a patient’s cancer is at any moment in
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02
July
2025
| 09:00 Europe/London
The Early Detection of Liver Disease research project (ID LIVER) takes a targeted and streamlined approach to identifying, assessing and managing patients at increased risk of liver disease in underserved communities. The project, led by researchers
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30
June
2025
| 09:30 Europe/London
Data analysis by a University of Ƶ psychologist has confirmed that tennis players who take a bathroom break are likely to gain an advantage over their opponent.
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27
June
2025
| 10:00 Europe/London
The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre's (MEC) inaugural Venture Builder Programme has just wrapped up with an incredible showcase of talent and determination.
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25
June
2025
| 15:55 Europe/London
 A groundbreaking event at The University of Ƶ is to explore the potential of psychedelic medicine in trauma recovery for elite athletes.
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25
June
2025
| 09:21 Europe/London
The Beauty Tech Group (“TBTG”) is to partner with The University of Ƶ’s Centre for Dermatology Research to examine the impact of the CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Face Mask on photoaged or chronically sun-exposed skin.
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25
June
2025
| 09:16 Europe/London
Care England, the leading representative body for independent adult social care providers, in collaboration with Engage and Nightingale Hammerson, has today launched a new white paper calling for urgent and coordinated action to improve support for
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24
June
2025
| 18:25 Europe/London
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between UK CEiRSI (UK Centre of Excellence on In-Silico Regulatory Science and Innovation) and Triangle CERSI (Triangle Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation). The MoU formalises an
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23
June
2025
| 00:01 Europe/London
Older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically inactive, lonely and in poor housing - resulting in millions of pounds of avoidable NHS costs.
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