News in the College Back to 'Medical and Dental Sciences' NewsRSS FeedAtom Feed 19/01/2021 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 18/01/2021 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 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 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 14/01/2021 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 13/01/2021 Hunterian Professorship awarded to Birmingham Clinician Scientist DescriptionMr Nigel Drury, Clinician Scientist in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, has received the prestigious Hunterian Professsorship for 2021.Date:13/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 12/01/2021 Mali health project aims to save children from diarrhoea death DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham experts are leading a new project in Mali to reduce the fatal threat from diarrhoea to young children and help to improve their growth.Date:12/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 08/01/2021 West Midlands research study reveals attitudes to vaccines DescriptionA recent survey undertaken by the University of Birmingham is believed to be the first cross-sectional survey to examine the various factors influencing the uptake of a potential approved COVID-19 vaccine.Date:08/01/2021Categories: Social Sciences Displaying 1 to 10 of 833 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next