The Barber Institute of Fine Arts launches innovative 'Nurse in Residence' scheme DescriptionAs the COVID-19 crisis continues to unfold, its very duration means that imaginative and purposeful actions to mitigate its harms gather strength and purpose. Barber Health is one museum's response to the pandemic.Date:22/01/2021Categories: Arts and Law, Medical and Dental Sciences Randomised trials could help to return children safely to schools - study DescriptionSchools are closing again in response to surging levels of COVID-19 infection, but staging randomised trials when students eventually return could help.Date:21/01/2021 Fatal health threat to young African children reduced by innovative artistic intervention - study DescriptionThe 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.Date:19/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Grant success for Post-Socialist Britain project DescriptionProfessor Sara Jones, Dr Charlotte Galpin (University of Birmingham) and Dr Jenny Wüstenberg (Nottingham Trent University) have received a grant of £935k from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.Date:18/01/2021Categories: Arts and Law, International, Research Research reveals mental health impact of COVID-19 on hospital healthcare workers DescriptionA study, published in BJPsych Open found that around a third of hospital healthcare workers reported clinically significant symptoms of anxiety and depression following the initial COVID-19 pandemic peak in the UK.Date:18/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences Research reveals mental health impact of Covid-19 on hospital healthcare workers DescriptionHospital healthcare workers reported higher rates of clinically significant mental health symptoms following the initial Covid-19 pandemic peak in the UK, new research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed.Date:18/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Birmingham maternity experts call for urgent action on pregnancy 'drug drought' DescriptionLeaders in maternal healthcare have called for lifesaving research into pharmaceuticals for use during pregnancy, in a new report which highlights the challenges of pregnancy-related complications.Date:18/01/2021Categories: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences What do world religions teach us about COVID-19 and the possibility of miracles? DescriptionYujin Nagasawa writing on World Religion DayDate:15/01/2021 Government is missing its key healthy ageing targets and must act now, report finds DescriptionThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted stark inequalities in healthy life expectancy, according to a report into ageing published on Friday 15 January.Date:15/01/2021Categories: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences Cancer research reveals how different mutations in one gene can cause different types of disease DescriptionLeading cancer experts at the University of Birmingham have solved a long-standing question of how various types of mutations in just one gene cause different types of disease.Date:15/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Displaying 1 to 10 of 1000 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next