News tagged with: research
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International impact of dementia conference
Â鶹´«Ã½ University news: The 6th Â鶹´«Ã½ Dementia Conference attracted contributions from dementia experts from around the world and attracted record numbers of delegates
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Research fellow receives international fundraising accolade
Dr Claire Routley, part of the Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Hartsook Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy, has been selected by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) to receive its 2017 Emerging Scholar Award
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Women suffering severe pregnancy sickness are not getting required support, new research shows
Research by PhD student Caitlin Dean shows that women suffering severe pregnancy sickness are not receiving the support they need – with some even terminating wanted pregnancies as a last resort.
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Study examines causes of earthquakes originating deep below earth’s surface
The mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface are to be explored in a new research project led by the Â鶹´«Ã½ and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council
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Funders need to take more responsibility for the efficiency of the research they fund
Â鶹´«Ã½ University news: Funders are not taking responsibility for the efficiency of the research they fund, and governments are not holding them to account, according to a letter published by an international team of researchers published in The Lancet
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National award win for Â鶹´«Ã½ Parkinson’s Service
Â鶹´«Ã½ University news: With input from Â鶹´«Ã½ University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Neurology Parkinson's Service has won a new award from the Parkinson's Excellence Network
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Â鶹´«Ã½ dementia scientist bound for Vienna conference
Â鶹´«Ã½ University news: The 13th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases in Vienna will see Dr Oleg Anichtchik from the Â鶹´«Ã½ present his work
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Minute’s silence marks the start of Brain Tumour Awareness Month
Â鶹´«Ã½ University news: Scientists and staff from Europe's leading research centre into low grade brain tumours at the Â鶹´«Ã½ mark a minute's silence for the start of Brain Tumour Awareness Month
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Epilepsy app team shortlisted for top medical award
Â鶹´«Ã½ University news: An app developed to help those with epilepsy self-monitor their condition has been shortlisted for a prestigious national medical award
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New research to help combat diabetic foot condition
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Vasileios Lepesis, Lecturer in Podiatry, is conducting a study into whether manual therapy in the foot and ankle could lower the chances of people with diabetes developing foot ulcers.
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![Sarahjane Dawe, Jamie Lake and Liz Fedrick, local fundraisers supporting research into Huntington's disease at the Â鶹´«Ã½]()
Funds raised for world-leading Huntington’s disease research
Â鶹´«Ã½ University news: World-leading research into a cure for Huntington's disease at the Â鶹´«Ã½ has received a significant boost thanks to local fundraising supported by matched funding
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"Taking part in MS study has changed my life"
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Sally Morgan, whose MS had rendered her sedentary for the past seven years, has praised a standing frame intervention in a Â鶹´«Ã½ study for helping to change her life.
