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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 Study aims to identify best remote support services for domestic violence and abuse survivors in COVID-19 pandemic
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.
13 October 2020 Pregnancy complications are linked to heightened risk of heart disease and stroke in later life, new study reports Pregnancy complications are linked to heightened risk of heart disease and stroke in later life, new study reports.
25 September 2020 Operation Moonshot proposals are scientifically unsound, experts argue Proposals made by the government as part of Operation Moonshot could do more harm than good, a group of UK experts have argued in a new article published by the BMJ.
25 September 2020 Lockdown could have lasting effect on survivors of sexual violence and the services that support them, experts argue The lack of public acknowledgement of sexual violence against women and children during lockdown could have long-term implications not only for individuals but for support services, Birmingham experts argue.
09 September 2020 Patients set to benefit from new guidelines on artificial intelligence health solutions Patients could benefit from more effective introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) innovations to diagnose and treat disease thanks to the first international standards for reporting of clinical trials for AI.
09 September 2020 Preparing for the unthinkable: New paper reveals how lessons learned during COVID-19 could prepare us for nuclear attack Preparing for the unthinkable: New paper reveals how lessons learned during COVID-19 could prepare us for nuclear attack
21 August 2020 Customers buying home testing kits for COVID were often misled by third-party websites, new study finds Home-testing kits sold online in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic were provided with incomplete and in some cases, misleading information on how accurate they were, a new UK study has found.
17 August 2020 Preventing virus spread within households could be key to controlling new outbreaks of COVID-19 More effective measures to prevent infection spreading within households are a vital part of preventing a second wave of COVID-19, say researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick.