Health News

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University and Asda announce data partnership

Published
18 July 2022
Categories
Working with business
Health

Asda and the University have joined forces to better understand pressing societal challenges such as nutrition, environmental and health issues through a strategic data partnership.

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Heart surgery backlog requires urgent action

Published
17 June 2022
Categories
Science
Health
Research

Urgent action is needed to clear the backlog of people with a common heart condition waiting for life-saving treatment, according to new research.

Three members of an operating team working together on an unseen patient

Low-tech: just what the doctor ordered

Published
14 June 2022
Categories
Health
Global
Technology

Medical equipment that can be manufactured at low cost and easily maintained will help extend surgery to the five billion people worldwide who currently cannot get access to it, say researchers.

Ventilation duct

Improve air quality inside buildings - leading engineers

Published
13 June 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Health
Technology

Air quality inside buildings and on transport systems should be improved to reduce the impact of future pandemics or the spread of flu and other infectious diseases, say engineers and scientists. 

A mosquito on human skin.

Targeting mosquito spit to halt virus spread 

Published
9 June 2022
Categories
Global
Science
Health
Research

A molecule in mosquito saliva has been identified as a potential target for vaccination against a range of diseases for which there is no protection or medicine. 

A heart monitoring device at the end of a hospital bed

COVID-19's toll on global cardiac services

Published
31 May 2022
Categories
Global
Coronavirus
Health
Research

A major study has revealed the global collateral damage caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biological Sciences building at the University of Leeds

Rogue proteins targeted by new technology

Published
30 May 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Science
Health

Scientists plan to develop technology to isolate and extract fragments of a "rogue" protein linked to diabetes.