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People over 65 who harm themselves are more likely to die by suicide than other age groups according to new research published in the Lancet Psychiatry by University of Manchester and Keele University academics. ...

A study by a team of clinicians and scientists from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, shows how deaths from a serious blood stream ...

Hearing aids and cataract surgery are strongly linked to a slower rate of age-related cognitive decline, according to new research by University of Manchester academics. ...

The University of Manchester has “surged” 27 places on a list ranking the world’s most innovative universities.   ...

The children of families who fall upon hard times are at significantly greater risk of being involved in violent crime and harming themselves as young adults, according to a major new study. ...

Researchers from The University of Manchester are part of an international team of astronomers that has identified a collision between a white dwarf and a brown dwarf star for the first time.   ...

Mental health patients are at much greater risk of dying from unnatural causes following their first discharge from inpatient care than the rest of the population, according to new research. ...

A University of Manchester research team has received a prestigious Royal College of General Practitioners award for their work on adolescent self-harm. ...

A care package aimed at reducing the risk of babies being stillborn may offer marginal benefit, research suggests. Findings from a major study were inconclusive, but experts stressed that advice for pregnant women remains the same. Women who no...

The Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research (HIMR) will be opening a new office in Manchester, in partnership with the University’s School of Mathematics. ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a genetic mutation in humans linked to a 17-fold increase in the amount of dangerous fungal spores in the lungs. ...

Fake news about the dangers to Serbians from being outside during the 1999 solar eclipse resulted in the Government advising the country to stay indoors, according to new research. ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed the first non-antibiotic drug to successfully treat tuberculosis in animals. ...

Opening up about your feelings on social media has an association with lower self-esteem, mood, paranoia and opinions about the self in comparison to others according to a new study. ...

Research conducted in part at The University of Manchester has found that mothers with elevated blood glucose during pregnancy – even if not high enough to meet the traditional definition of gestational diabetes – were significantly more likely to ha...

The human body clock could have a significant impact on the way doctors are able to diagnose and treat asthma, according to new research. ...

Burnout in doctors has devastating consequences on the quality of care they deliver, according to a large scale systematic review and meta-analysis. ...

Scientists at The Universities of Manchester and Leeds have discovered that the time of day influences the way mice respond to steroids. ...

A study by scientists at The University of Manchester and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found a link between the humble beetroot and blood pressure regulation in pregnant women. ...

Carers for people with cancer are between 5 and 7 times more likely to have mental health problems than the general population, according to a landmark new study. ...

A three-year experiment by ecologists from The University of Manchester, the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Lancaster University has revealed how our iconic chalk grasslands - damaged by intensive farming - could be regenerated. ...

The NHS in England has saved an additional 1,600 patients with severe injuries since major trauma centres were established in 2012. ...

The afterglow of France winning the 2018 World Cup tournament on July 15 should be gone by now. But the arguments over France’s 23-man squad, with as many as 15 players with African roots, rage on. The victory has ignited social commentaries on race,...

An estimated 600 stillbirths annually could be prevented if maternity units adopt national best practice according to an independent evaluation which includes University of Manchester experts. ...

University of Manchester and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust scientists have developed a lamp which could treat chronic ulcers with light. ...

A study of 16 Nigerian women living with domestic abuse has shown how they are too frightened of being deported to ask for help from the UK authorities. ...

A new commentary by scientists at the Universities of Manchester and Edinburgh on a study by Taiwanese epidemiologists supports the viability of a potential way to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. ...

A team at The University of Manchester have developed a novel stem cell gene therapy approach to treat children with a devastating genetic disease. The approach is currently being developed for clinical trial in patients with the disease. ...

In the largest ever trial of an intervention to treat people with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity) in primary care, researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Manchester, Dundee and Glasgow found that the patient-centred approach taken...

University of Manchester scientists have developed a new gene therapy they hope will treat children with a rare but devastating brain disease, and plan to take it to clinical trial in the near future. ...