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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 May 2020 Birmingham experts deliver remote training to make maternity triage safer during COVID-19 Birmingham experts are delivering remote training for maternity units on how to make triage safer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
23 April 2020 Birmingham Brief: Altruism and solidarity - An argument for wearing face masks in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic Professor KK Cheng, Director of the Institute of Applied Health Research, writes on the much debated issue of the use of face masks during the COVID-19 crisis.
13 March 2020 Birmingham Brief: Coordinating the fight against epidemics Professor Jonathan Reinarz, Director of the University's History of Medicine Unit, writes for the Birmingham Brief on the history of epidemics and pandemics as the impact of COVID-19 continues to grow.
20 February 2020 Birmingham named one of just six new Life Sciences Opportunity Zones The Birmingham Health Partners ecosystem has been awarded Life Sciences Opportunity Zone status by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
17 February 2020 Mortality from all causes over 40 per cent higher in female domestic abuse survivors Women who have experienced domestic abuse appear to be more than 40 per cent more likely to die from any cause compared to the general population, research has found.
14 February 2020 Esteemed clinician and researcher Professor Richard Lilford CBE returns to the University of Birmingham The Institute of Applied Health Research recently welcomed Professor Richard Lilford back to the University to lead the NIHR ARC West Midlands project.
12 February 2020 Skin cancer diagnosis apps are unreliable and poorly regulated, study shows Smartphone apps used as 'early warning systems' for skin cancer are poorly regulated and frequently cannot be relied upon to produce accurate results, according to new analysis by experts at the University of Birmingham.
06 February 2020 Perspective: Can The Daily Mile™ help prevent childhood obesity? Professor Emma Frew talks through the results of a study that evaluated the effectiveness of the widely used 'Daily Mile' intervention in schools to tackle childhood obesity.
06 February 2020 Female genital mutilation (FGM): an increasingly important healthcare challenge in the UK Dr Laura Jones, Dr Benjamin Costello, Dr Emma Danks and Fiona Cross-Sudworth write for the Birmingham Brief on the subject of female genital mutilation, which globally affects more than 200 million women and girls.
31 January 2020 Giving some pregnant women progesterone could prevent 8,450 miscarriages a year, say experts Researchers at Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research say giving progesterone to women with early pregnancy bleeding and a history of miscarriage could lead to 8,450 more babies being born each year.
29 January 2020 New guidelines will improve treatment for patients with hyperthyroidism Radioactive iodine is to be recommended as the frontline treatment for patients with thyroid gland overactivity following an evidence review led by University of Birmingham researchers.
28 January 2020 The Daily Mile™ programme can be part of schools' work on childhood obesity prevention A study evaluating the effectiveness of the widely used 'Daily Mile' intervention in schools to tackle childhood obesity has found that the benefits are small, and may be greater in girls than boys.