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Commercial weight loss programme (Weight Watchers) shown to be effective

Commercial weight loss programme (Weight Watchers) shown to be effective
Description
New research published by The Lancet shows that adults referred to a commercial weight loss programme (Weight Watchers) lose around twice as much weight as people receiving standard care over 12 months. The study is led by Dr Susan Jebb, UK Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Nutrition Research unit, Cambridge, UK, and colleagues.
Date:
08/09/2011
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences

Greater use of interpreting services required for medical patients

Greater use of interpreting services required for medical patients
Description
Professional interpreters are under-used in the NHS, according to new research recently published in the journal PLoS ONE. The researchers identify language barriers as an increasing obstacle to the provision of healthcare.
Date:
07/09/2011
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Researchers to unlock distinctive West Midlands accent

Researchers to unlock distinctive West Midlands accent
Description
The West Midlands' linguistic heritage is set to be explored in a new research project comparing an ancient medieval manuscript originating from the area to the way today's residents speak. The research will examine how far people in the region share the language of their predecessors, captured in the Vernon Manuscript; the biggest surviving late-medieval English manuscript.
Date:
07/09/2011
Categories:
Arts and Law, Research

Ten years on from 9/11, research calls for counter-terrorist policing to be held accountable

Description
A decade after the global tragedy of 9/11, it is clear that a lot of things have changed in its aftermath including our approach to policing and the invasion of our human rights, according to new research from the University of Birmingham.
Date:
07/09/2011
Categories:
Research, Social Sciences

University research shapes new NICE guidelines on blood pressure

University research shapes new NICE guidelines on blood pressure
Description
High blood pressure should be diagnosed using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (repeated measurements throughout a 24-hour period)), which is not only more clinically accurate than clinic-based measurements but is better value for money, according to University research published online in The Lancet.
Date:
01/09/2011
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Modified Ecstasy holds promise as blood cancer treatment

Modified Ecstasy holds promise as blood cancer treatment
Description
Birmingham scientists have discovered a modified form of the drug MDMA - commonly known as Ecstasy - which has 100 times more cancer-busting properties than the popular recreational drug itself and which they hope may be able to be produced in a safe form to treat patients.
Date:
19/08/2011
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Simple screening test identifies heart defects in newborns, say researchers

Simple screening test identifies heart defects in newborns, say researchers
Description
A simple test to measure blood oxygen in newborns has been shown to identify babies with life-threatening congenital heart defects, a major cause of infant mortality in the developed world.
Date:
05/08/2011
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Birmingham Physicists excited by hints of Higgs boson existence

Birmingham Physicists excited by hints of Higgs boson existence
Description
Birmingham particle physicists are today trawling through the data from particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider that could indicate the existence of the Higgs boson.
Date:
25/07/2011
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research
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