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 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 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 Study finds paediatric cancer patients at no greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection DescriptionResults from the first national study of children with cancer who test positive from COVID-19 has found that these patients do not appear to be at any increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection.Date:14/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Research reveals new insight into why breastfed babies have improved immune systems DescriptionNew insight into the biological mechanisms of the long-term positive health effects of breastfeeding in preventing disorders of the immune system in later life.Date:14/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research University of Birmingham Professor Appointed Member and Trustee of Cancer Research UK DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham's Professor Pamela Kearns has been announced as a Trustee and Member of Cancer Research UK.Date:07/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences New COVID-19 test gives positive result in just a few minutes DescriptionA new COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to less than five and delivers accurate results has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.Date:06/01/2021Categories: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences Displaying 1 to 10 of 660 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next