News in the College Back to 'Medical and Dental Sciences' NewsRSS FeedAtom Feed 16/07/2019 Almost £9 million awarded for new NIHR ARC West Midlands to tackle biggest healthcare challenges DescriptionThe University of Birmingham will be an academic partner for the new NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands, hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and funded by the NIHR.Date:16/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Homeless people are denied basic health care, research finds DescriptionA study led by the University of Birmingham has painted a shaming picture of neglect and discrimination shown towards the homeless when accessing UK health services.Date:16/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 15/07/2019 Cancer researchers discover important first step for personalised head and neck cancer treatment DescriptionResearch led by the University of Birmingham has discovered an important first step in the pathway for developing personalised medicine for the treatment of head and neck cancer.Date:15/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Birmingham researcher awarded MRC Career Development Award DescriptionDr Rebecca Drummond, a fungal immunologist and Birmingham Fellow, has been awarded a five-year Career Development Award (CDA) from the MRC to further her research into fungal immunology.Date:15/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 12/07/2019 Public urged to take part in consultation on life-saving test to identify heart defects in newborns DescriptionThe public is being urged to take part in a consultation over a national recommendation not to roll out a life-saving test to identify newborn babies with critical congenital heart defects pioneered by our experts.Date:12/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 10/07/2019 MW-ATTC celebrates successful first year DescriptionThe Midland-Wales Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre has produced a newsletter detailing key updates over its first year.Date:10/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Light touch to improve rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis DescriptionA new way of detecting rheumatoid arthritis using infrared light could offer an objective way of diagnosing the disease and monitoring treatment effectiveness, a University of Birmingham study shows.Date:10/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 08/07/2019 Women with a disabling neurological disorder are at twice the risk of heart conditions DescriptionFemale patients who suffer from a disabling neurological disorder known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension are at twice the risk of heart conditions and stroke, a study led by the University of Birmingham has shown.Date:08/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 05/07/2019 University of Birmingham Enterprise welcomes progress in new treatment for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham Enterprise welcomes the floatation of Invex Therapeutics, which is developing an innovative new treatment approach for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.Date:05/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 04/07/2019 The Conversation: Not everyone uses a toothbrush and toothpaste to clean their teeth – here's what science says about their effectiveness DescriptionJosefine Hirschfeld, Academic Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry, explains why oil pulling is a useful addition to toothbrushing.Date:04/07/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences Displaying 1 to 10 of 621 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next