Articles tagged with 'medicine' | University of Manchester

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...

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. ...

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 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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

An international team of scientists from Manchester, Montpellier and Copenhagen have identified why some endurance athletes experience a heart rhythm disturbance called ‘heart block’. ...

A study, led by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and The University of Manchester (UoM), and funded by the National Institute for Healthcare Research (NIHR), has found that a mental health treatment called Metacognitive Th...

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity) has announced a £2.5 million investment into 11 pioneering child health research projects - including one at The University of Manchester. The funding is the UK’s largest charitable grant...

Patients with a common respiratory disease had more flare-ups linked to activities that put them at risk of being exposed to mould in a study by University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) researchers. ...

Smartwatches could help prepare patients for major surgery, improving their recovery, researchers at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester have found in a study sppnsored by The Univesity of Manchester. ...

Women may have a stronger immune response to a common form of skin cancer than men, according to early research on mice and human cells. ...

A new model by University of Manchester researchers has proposed a way to prevent hearing loss in older people by addressing socioeconomic inequalities encountered while young. ...