Articles tagged with 'Health' | University of Manchester

Mental health patients who were discharged from or admitted to acute mental health services during the first Covid-19 lockdown experienced loneliness and social isolation, according to a new study. ...

A study of over 1.4 million Danes has revealed a link between higher levels of exposure to two common pollutants during childhood and an increased risk of self-harm in later life. ...

A drug already used to treat high blood pressure could be re-purposed as the first treatment to tackle a type of vascular dementia caused by damaged and ‘leaky’ small blood vessels in the brain, according to research part-funded by the British Heart ...

PIC SNIPE/Shutterstock Sheena Cruickshank, University of ManchesterSeveral countries – including the UK – are now offering third COVID-19 shots amid reports of vaccines proving less effective over time. But do these countries really need to embark o...

A new online tool to help reduce and prevent repeat self-harm has been designed by researchers alongside those with lived experience. The tool was tested by a national sample of 514 people who have self-harmed to find out what they thought of it and ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a new way that human embryos are able to communicate with mothers-to-be after just six days. ...

An in vitro study of drugs already approved by the regulatory authority in the United States to treat a range of conditions, has shown eight of them are also effective in slowing SARS-CoV-2 replication in infected human cells. ...

More patients who have a type of internal radiotherapy used for reoccurring prostate cancer have side effects compared to two other forms of radiation treatment, a review of 39 academic studies has shown. ...

Unwell COVID-19 patients may be treated just as effectively with oxygen through a mask rather than the sometimes difficult to tolerate therapy known as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), according to a new study. ...

A report released today shows northerners were more likely to die from COVID-19, spent nearly a month and-a-half more in lockdowns, suffered worse mental health and were made poorer than the rest of England during the first year of the pandemic. ...

The drug Viagra, used to treat sexual impotence, can strongly suppress abnormal heart rhythms known as arrythmias in sheep according to University of Manchester scientists. ...

A study has revealed that 232 people could have died from taking an accidental overdose of prescription opioids in England between 2000 and 2015. ...

A 70-year-old woman, forced to live with cough since her 40s, is ‘excited’ to be the first person in the world to receive a potential new cough treatment at the NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility (CRF). ...

A new digital platform to support remote monitoring of complex wounds has begun rolling out across Greater Manchester. ...

A paper examining the role of Health Innovation Manchester as an Academic Health Science System has been published in an international journal. ...

The majority of NHS regions experienced a steady rise in GP turnover between 2007 and 2019, according to a new study by University of Manchester academics. ...

University of Manchester researchers have discovered that hearing loss may act as a cause of depression in older people. ...

An early phase trial of a drug currently used to treat lung fibrosis has shown it may also help patients who suffer from a common form of heart failure. ...

Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) today announces the relaunch of radiochemistry at the Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre (WMIC) in Manchester. The facility, which was closed in 2020, includes the multi-million pound cyclotron, one of only a handful ...

Student volunteers from across The University of Manchester have given up over 1,000 hours of their time to support the COVID-19 vaccination programme. ...

The healthcare partnership between Kenya and the UK government has been strengthened through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). ...

Three new, state of the art MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanners and a new CT (Computed Tomography) scanner have been installed at Salford Royal, part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA). ...

Patients experiencing homelessness use hospital services, especially emergency admissions, at much higher rates than housed patients according to new research published this week. ...

In the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, deprived areas suffered more excess deaths than affluent areas , with a disproportionate impact on their younger age groups according to the early draft of a new study. ...

A University of Manchester led team of scientists has discovered that the most common form of adult blindness is probably caused by a failure of at least one of five proteins to regulate the immune system. ...

The University of Manchester has been successfully awarded a share of the £79 million committed by the Medical Research Council to support doctoral training. ...

Late last year, I asked: is it safe to have more than one type of COVID-19 vaccine? A trial has now addressed that question, as well as what effect combining different vaccine types has on immunity.Most COVID-19 vaccines require two doses, and the us...

A leading scientist has charted the recent and dramatic breakthroughs in our understanding of the body in a new book out tomorrow (July 1). ...

The University of Manchester, together with Health Innovation Manchester and its Academic Health Science Centre, are launching a joint venture with the Morningside Group to trial a series of new diagnostics and interventions in clinical and digital h...

The Government was right to use emergency powers to share patient data during the Covid-19 pandemic but greater transparency is needed, according to three citizens’ juries. ...