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New generation of PhD researchers to tackle the world's biggest public health issues
A £5.24 million investment by the Wellcome Trust will fund 35 scholars from the UK and overseas to carry out groundbreaking public health research at the University of Sheffield.
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Personalised VR technology could help improve and maintain positive mental health and well-being
Personalised virtual reality (VR) technology which enables new forms of self-reflection could help to improve and maintain positive mental health.
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Health Foundation award of £67K to build digital road map of outpatient care for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £67,000 from the Health Foundation’s Advancing Applied Analytics programme to develop innovative new software which could transform NHS outpatient care.
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New report by the University of Sheffield to help NHS commissioners provide high-quality epilepsy services
A new report from the University of Sheffield has shown the value of Epilepsy Specialist Nurses (ESNs) in caring for people living with epilepsy.
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Interactive board game launched to help health professionals support victims of domestic violence
A new and novel training aid has been developed by a University of Sheffield academic to help healthcare professionals support victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA).
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Tiny fluorescent carbon dots could make cancer treatment safer and more effective
A pioneering new technique that could make light-based cancer treatment more effective and safer for patients, while reducing its cost, has been developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield.
Categorised under: Engineering, Students and alumni, Medicine, dentistry and health and Research
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Majority of people think accident and emergency services are overused but half think it is hard to get a GP appointment
The first ever large-scale research into attitudes towards emergency care from the most recent British Social Attitudes Survey reveals significant differences in perspectives by a range of socio-demographic factors, such as area deprivation, age, young children in the household and gender.
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Sheffield scientist awarded funding to develop a new treatment for Parkinson’s disease
A Sheffield academic has been awarded £100,000 of funding by the Virtual Biotech Programme - the drug development arm of charity Parkinsons’ UK - to develop a new treatment that could protect brain cells affected by Parkinson’s disease, potentially slowing, or stopping its progression for the first time.
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University of Sheffield joins pioneering group to tackle North/South health inequalities
Leading health experts across the north, including from the University of Sheffield, have today (18 July 2019) joined together to respond to worsening health inequalities between the north and the rest of England, which show over half of the north has a lower life expectancy than the worst area in the South.
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Sheffield part of new £9 million research fund to tackle the region’s biggest health care challenges
Health Minister Nicola Blackwood has announced yesterday (12 July 2019) multi-million pound funding for research that could transform the lives of millions of people living with a range of conditions, including dementia, mental ill health and obesity.
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Pioneering multiple sclerosis stem cell team win national NHS Future Parliamentary Award
A team from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust led by two University of Sheffield Honorary Professors, has been named the national winner of the NHS Future Award at the NHS Parliamentary Awards at the House of Commons on Wednesday 10 July.
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Surviving climate chaos
While our supermarket shelves remain fully stocked with fresh fruit and crusty bread we’ll probably continue to take food for granted. But a combination of population growth, resource scarcity and climate change have left our food supplies vulnerable. Experts at the Institute for Sustainable Food are working out how we can produce food in a way that can withstand these challenges.
Categorised under: Engineering, Feature, Science, Social science and Medicine, dentistry and health
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Young women who smoke face highest risk of major heart attack, research shows
Smoking increases both men’s and women’s risk of a major heart attack at all ages, but women smokers have a significantly higher increased risk compared to men - especially those aged under 50, according to research led by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with the University of Sheffield.
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New simple test could lead to early detection of cortisol deficiency
A new breakthrough test offering a more convenient and less invasive way to diagnose adrenal insufficiency is to be pioneered in a clinical trial conducted by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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University strengthens partnership with China’s leading Nanjing University
The University of Sheffield has further strengthened its partnership with China's leading Nanjing University by signing an agreement to boost research collaborations between the two institutions.
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