Health
Nut-allergy sufferers face prejudice -- new study
Parents of nut-allergy sufferers face hostility and scepticism in trying to find safe environments for their children, a new study has found.
Aug 16, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Victims of online dating scams feel doubly traumatized
Online dating scammers groom their victims by developing 'hyper-personal' relationships which can leave victims feeling doubly traumatised.
Apr 18, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Social stress key to population's rate of COVID-19 infection, study finds
Mathematicians have analyzed global COVID-19 data to identify two constants which can drastically change a country's rate of infection.
Nov 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Obesity 'accelerates' COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in White people, latest research published in the journal Nature Communications ...
Feb 2, 2022
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Diabetes
Education's 'power' to prevent type 2 diabetes
People at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes can reduce their chances of getting the condition by more than 80 per cent by fully completing a new education programme, an NIHR-supported study has found.
Jul 12, 2016
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Neuroscience
Discovery sheds new light on how neurodegenerative diseases might occur
Researchers from the University of Leicester have shed new light on how neurons in the brain communicate with one another. This could potentially help in our understanding of how and why a range of neurodegenerative diseases ...
Apr 10, 2018
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Health
Radical change in blood pressure diagnosis and treatment
The way blood pressure is diagnosed and treated is set to be revolutionised following new guidelines for the medical profession issued by NICE and developed in conjunction with the British Hypertension Society (BHS).
Aug 24, 2011
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Genetics
Genetic risk for atypical heart attack in women identified
New research published by teams from Leicester, UK and Paris, France in collaboration with international partners from the US and Australia, has found a common genetic factor that confers a significant risk of atypical heart ...
Jan 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Trial launched into curry chemical's cancer-fighting properties
Compounds found in curry are being investigated as a way of improving drug response in patients with advanced bowel cancer in a new study launched today (Monday).
May 7, 2012
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
People with forms of early-onset Parkinson's disease may benefit from boosting niacin in diet, research suggests
University of Leicester research team leads new study strengthening therapeutic potential for dietary interventions.
Jan 10, 2017
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