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News University of Birmingham research shapes new miscarriage guidelines Research led by the University of Birmingham has helped to shape guidelines which could mean thousands of women with prior miscarriage, and bleeding in early pregnancy, could be eligible for treatment with progesterone.
News A third of leukaemia patients do not generate any antibody response to two doses of COVID-19 vaccination, study shows
News Study aims to identify best remote support services for domestic violence and abuse survivors in COVID-19 pandemic
05 March 2021 Midlands maternity triage system goes digital for nationwide use A maternity triage system developed by clinicians and researchers from the West Midlands has launched training online for the first time, becoming readily available to maternity teams across the UK.
18 February 2021 Major £2.2m research project aims to improve treatment and understanding of Long COVID The University today launches a major £2.2m government-funded research project to improve the treatment of so-called Long COVID in non-hospitalised patients.
02 February 2021 New partnership announced between the University of Birmingham and med-tech company Aparito New partnership announced between the University of Birmingham and med-tech company Aparito to co-develop digital platforms to assess patient quality of life and symptoms in clinical trials and routine NHS care.
21 January 2021 Randomised trials could help to return children safely to schools - study Schools are closing again in response to surging levels of COVID-19 infection, but staging randomised trials when students eventually return could help.
19 January 2021 Fatal health threat to young African children reduced by innovative artistic intervention - study The fatal threat from diarrhoea and pneumonia to young children in the world's poorer countries can be reduced by using traditional performing arts to encourage mothers to provide youngsters with safe food and water.
18 January 2021 Birmingham maternity experts call for urgent action on pregnancy 'drug drought' Maternal healthcare leaders have called for lifesaving research into pharmaceuticals for use during pregnancy in response to pregnancy-related complications.
12 January 2021 Mali health project aims to save children from diarrhoea death University of Birmingham experts are leading a new project in Mali to reduce the fatal threat from diarrhoea to young children and help to improve their growth.
15 December 2020 Major award for a new national approach to improving clinical research in the NHS to benefit patient care Funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Department of Health & Social Care, DaRe2THINK will develop an entirely new way to run large clinical trials for patient benefit in the NHS.
08 December 2020 Better education needed to give patients improved understanding of gene therapies, new review highlights A new review of research bringing together patient, carer and public views of cell and gene therapies has highlighted a need for appropriate education to better inform patients.
16 November 2020 Death and the 'Spanish Lady': Suicide in Pandemic Times In 1918-19, the 'Spanish Flu', (or Spanish Lady'), is estimated to have killed over 50M people. What is less well-known is that many others succumbed to its effects on mental wellbeing and died by suicide as a result.
12 November 2020 Inadequate healthcare measurement puts patients at risk in Global South People across the Global South living with cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors may be missing potentially life-saving treatments because measures used to gauge their quality of healthcare are inadequate.
15 October 2020 University receives two awards to mark gender equality The College of Medical and Dental Sciences has achieved the Athena SWAN Silver award from the Athena SWAN Foundation, recognising the College's commitment to gender equality.