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23/10/2012

Description: The 110 metre high clock tower joined a number of iconic buildings across the UK and Ireland turning pink as part of the 10th anniversary of the "Wear it Pink" day organised by the Breast Cancer Campaign.
Date:: 23/10/2012
Categories:: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

17/10/2012

Description: A brand new study by the University of Birmingham suggests that the system used by the Government to inform key decisions about the performance of NHS hospitals is inadequate.
Date:: 17/10/2012
Categories:: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Description: A brand new study by the University of Birmingham suggests that the system used by the Government to inform key decisions about the performance of NHS hospitals is inadequate.
Date:: 17/10/2012
Categories:: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

05/10/2012

Description: A new report published today in the scientific journal, Occupational Medicine, finds that many people who develop work related asthma are not correctly diagnosed by GPs. Work related factors cause one in ten cases of asthma in adults but an audit of patient records suggests that GPs do not recognise this in three quarters of patients.
Date:: 05/10/2012
Categories:: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

28/09/2012

Description: The University of Birmingham has been shortlisted as University of the Year in The Sunday Times University Guide 2013 and ranked at 13th overall in the UK, a rise of 12 places
Date:: 28/09/2012
Categories:: Alumni, Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences, Students, Teaching, Vice Chancellor

Description: The University of Birmingham has been shortlisted as University of the Year in The Sunday Times University Guide 2013 and ranked at 13th overall in the UK, a rise of 12 places
Date:: 28/09/2012
Categories:: Alumni, Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences, Students, Teaching, Vice Chancellor

Description: Measuring progesterone levels in women with pain or bleeding during early pregnancy is a useful way to help to discriminate between a viable and a non-viable pregnancy, according to research by University of Birmingham researchers published on bmj.com today The results suggest that a low level of progesterone in these women can rule out a viable pregnancy in the vast majority of cases.
Date:: 28/09/2012
Categories:: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

27/09/2012

Description: Two leading Midlands universities, the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham, are building on their recent landmark collaboration by launching a £400,000 fund to support new joint projects. The money will help to deliver new scientific breakthroughs and innovations as well as supporting a range of other initiatives, such as developing new approaches to teaching at the two universities.
Date:: 27/09/2012
Categories:: Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences, Students, Teaching, Vice Chancellor

25/09/2012

Description: A researcher at the University is pioneering a new approach to breast cancer research, seeking to combat the increasing resistance to treatments of the disease that claims around 11,000 lives annually.
Date:: 25/09/2012
Categories:: Alumni, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

19/09/2012

Description: Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis led by the University of Birmingham in the UK suggest that physiotherapy benefits people with Parkinson's disease in the short term (<3 months).
Date:: 19/09/2012
Categories:: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

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