'Think twice' to reduce risk of UK opioid epidemic
A campaign that urged GPs to ‘think-twice’ before putting a patient on opioid medicines is effective in reducing opioid prescribing in primary care, according to the findings of a major study.
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People with overweight or obesity 'facing discrimination from healthcare workers'
People living with overweight or obesity are experiencing stigma and discrimination from healthcare workers as well as uniformly worse healthcare than the general population, researchers say.
Benefits from changes to kidney cancer drug treatment
Spacing out treatment for kidney cancer over a longer period produces fewer side effects without diminishing results.
Planned breaks in cancer treatment benefit patients and the NHS
Planned breaks from drug treatments for kidney cancer do not have a meaningful detrimental effect on patients’ life expectancy or quality of life, say doctors.
Breakfast skipped by thousands of Northern Ireland secondary school pupils
Most secondary school pupils are not eating enough breakfast before the start of school lessons, according to new research.
Fund future fertility for childhood cancer patients fairly, say experts
Young people who survive cancer risk missing out on the chance to have children, due to inequalities in fertility preservation services across the UK, new research has found.
New drug shows promise in slowing growth of bowel cancer
A new drug has shown promise in slowing the regrowth of tumours among some bowel cancer patients, according to new findings from a major trial.
Speeding up development of health technologies
A centre to support the development of health technology has been launched by the University in partnership with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Harvest festival at inner city youth farm
Young volunteers are giving away an abundance of fresh vegetables they have grown themselves at an urban farm in Harehills.
Forest fires linked to tens of thousands of avoidable deaths
Setting fire to forest and agricultural land in Southeast Asia to prepare it for cultivation or grazing contributes to an estimated 59,000 premature deaths a year, say scientists.