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.
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Free glasses for pupils with poor eyesight
A project supplying free glasses to pupils with poor eyesight to help improve reading is being expanded to involve thousands more pupils.
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.
Top honour for engineering’s ‘best of the best’
An academic who has led research into the way the virus responsible for COVID-19 spreads in buildings and enclosed spaces has been honoured by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Brotherton Poetry Prize 2021 winner announced
Lauren Pope has been named the winner of the 2021 Brotherton Poetry Prize.
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.
Act now for economic benefits from peatland restoration
Restoring the world’s depleted peatlands now rather than later would have massive economic benefits to society, according to new research.