Latest news Back to 'Institute of Applied Health Research' Birmingham Brief: Coordinating the fight against epidemics DescriptionProfessor 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.Date:13/03/2020 Birmingham named one of just six new Life Sciences Opportunity Zones DescriptionThe Birmingham Health Partners ecosystem has been awarded Life Sciences Opportunity Zone status by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.Date:20/02/2020 Mortality from all causes over 40 per cent higher in female domestic abuse survivors DescriptionWomen 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.Date:17/02/2020 Esteemed clinician and researcher Professor Richard Lilford CBE returns to the University of Birmingham DescriptionThe Institute of Applied Health Research recently welcomed Professor Richard Lilford back to the University to lead the NIHR ARCWest Midlands project.Date:14/02/2020 Skin cancer diagnosis apps are unreliable and poorly regulated, study shows DescriptionSmartphone 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.Date:12/02/2020 Perspective: Can The Daily Mile™ help prevent childhood obesity? DescriptionProfessor 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.Date:06/02/2020 Female genital mutilation (FGM): an increasingly important healthcare challenge in the UK DescriptionDr 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.Date:06/02/2020 Giving some pregnant women progesterone could prevent 8,450 miscarriages a year, say experts DescriptionResearchers 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.Date:31/01/2020 New guidelines will improve treatment for patients with hyperthyroidism DescriptionRadioactive 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.Date:29/01/2020 The Daily Mile™ programme can be part of schools' work on childhood obesity prevention DescriptionA 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.Date:28/01/2020 Displaying 1 to 10 of 96 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next