News in the College Back to 'Medical and Dental Sciences' NewsRSS FeedAtom Feed 15/06/2018 Birmingham Brief: Childhood obesity - time for more comprehensive regulation of the food industry DescriptionDr Miranda Pallan of the Institute of Clinical Sciences writes for the Birmingham Brief on how the rate of children classed as obese continues to rise.Date:15/06/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences Professor Julian Bion awarded an OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours List DescriptionThe significant contribution of Professor Julian Bion for services to intensive care medicine has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.Date:15/06/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 11/06/2018 Vital research into incurable lung condition affecting millions to take place in Birmingham DescriptionA thousand people are needed for ground-breaking research being carried out by the University of Birmingham into an incurable lung condition.Date:11/06/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Pioneering children's cancer research role to speed up crucial clinical trials DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham researchers are leading the way with a ground-breaking role to enable more children with the rare cancer neuroblastoma to access potentially life-saving clinical trials more quickly.Date:11/06/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 08/06/2018 Enabling health professionals to respond to domestic violence – lessons from New Zealand DescriptionFrontline health professionals must be better supported to identify and support victims of domestic violence, according to a report by nurse researcher Dr Caroline Bradbury-Jones, who last year spent eight weeks observing good practice in this area in New Zealand. Her travels were enabled by a Churchill Fellowship, in partnership with the Burdett Trust for Nursing.Date:08/06/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Leading neurosurgeon appointed Chair of the newly-established Birmingham Brain Cancer Programme DescriptionThe Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences recently appointed Professor Colin Watts as Chair of the Birmingham Brain Cancer Programme. He joins Birmingham from the University of Cambridge, bringing with him over 25 years of clinical experience,Date:08/06/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 31/05/2018 One in three midwives are willing and able to work in a 'continuity based model' DescriptionOne in three midwives are willing and able to work in a planned new system aimed at women having the same midwife throughout pregnancy, labour and birth, according to a University of Birmingham survey.Date:31/05/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Trial to test new treatment combination for children and adults with leukaemia DescriptionA clinical trial testing a new treatment combination in patients with leukaemia launches through the Combinations Alliance, a joint initiative between Cancer Research UK and the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres (ECMC) Network based at University of Birmingham.Date:31/05/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 29/05/2018 Birmingham's expertise lauded in national health data report DescriptionIn the wake of the Prime Minister's health-focused Industrial Strategy speech, the University of Birmingham has welcomed the publication of a major report into the UK health data landscape – to which it contributed as a founder member of Health Data Research UK (HDR UK).Date:29/05/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 24/05/2018 University of Birmingham academic calls for universal thyroid testing to reduce problems in pregnancy DescriptionUniversal testing for thyroid function in pregnant women could reduce miscarriages and negative neurodevelopmental effects for the baby, a University of Birmingham academic will argue in a debate at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting today.Date:24/05/2018Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Displaying 1 to 10 of 480 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next