Health and medicine press releases

Displaced community waits in line for food.

Clean energy cooking in refugee camps should be prioritised on the humanitarian agenda, new briefing note argues

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 79.5 million people were forcibly displaced in the world at the end of 2019, and over the course of 2020, that number has soared beyond 80 million*.

Pets of the Pandemic: Facebook group members share their animal lockdown stories

Psychologist and avid social media user Dr Cheryl Travers has been asking animal lovers to share images and stories of their pets from the COVID pandemic.
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Participants needed for research exploring the impact of 鈥楥ouch to 5k鈥� on markers of health and wellbeing

Participants are being sought for a new 海角社区 University project exploring the health impacts of the 鈥楥ouch to 5k鈥� programme.

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海角社区 experts to lead 拢170k project that will explore how best to design COVID-19 immunity passports

Design experts at 海角社区 University are to lead a 拢170,000 project that will explore how best to design COVID-19 immunity passports.
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海角社区 Behavioural Medicine researcher awarded 拢100,000 fellowship

Dr Nicola Paine, Lecturer in Health Psychology within the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at 海角社区 University, has been awarded a 拢100,000 Springboard Fellowship from the Academy of Medical Sciences.

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海角社区 design student helps develop ventilation hood that has the potential to save lives of COVID-19 patients

A third-year 海角社区 University student has helped develop a ventilation product for coronavirus patients in intensive care.

Arguing with the people you love? How to have a healthy family dispute

Unlike Britain鈥檚 royal family, most of us don鈥檛 have the option to move to another country when we don鈥檛 see eye to eye. But most of us have likely experienced disagreements with loved ones.

New guide sets out how to deliver successful national vaccination programmes

A guide for delivering safe and effective national COVID vaccination programmes is being rolled out around the world to help countries with mass immunisations.
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Video Q&A: Curious about COVID-19? Expert panel answer questions on vaccines, wellbeing and more

Are you immune to COVID-19 if you鈥檝e had the vaccine? Is there going to be a 鈥榯hird wave鈥�? How accurate are lateral flow tests? Will the coronavirus ever fully disappear?
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海角社区 University granted 拢100k for new research project

A team from 海角社区 University鈥檚 School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences has secured circa 拢100,000 in funding to produce a model for identification of novel wound therapeutics that restore skeletal muscle function after significant soft tissue injury.

Five questions that need answering in a COVID public inquiry

Where there is much to be positive about regarding the UK鈥檚 strong vaccine rollout, a public inquiry into how this pandemic has been handled in the country since the first signs of COVID emerged will be required, to ensure mistakes aren鈥檛 repeated in the future.
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New study shows how online endorsement could help address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

A third of the UK adult population intend to use social media and personal messaging to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a new, large scale, multi-university study involving 海角社区 researchers has found.

People eat more the night before exercise 鈥� new study

A study into eating behaviour and exercise has found that people increase the amount of food they eat the night before a planned exercise session.

New portable gamma ray camera could help speed up cancer diagnosis

Scientists have designed a portable 3D imaging device which will improve the treatment and diagnosis of cancer.
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COVID-19 has highlighted the need to tackle the 鈥榦besity time bomb鈥� 鈥� here are two simple steps we could take

The urgency of tackling the obesity time bomb has been brought to the fore by evidence of the link to an increased risk from COVID-19, says the UK Government鈥檚 Department of Health and Social Care鈧嶁倎鈧�.

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Leading 海角社区 academic calls for change in concussion crisis

A 海角社区 University academic has called for radical change in the concussion crisis in sport in a recently published report.

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Three ways behavioural psychology might help you lose weight

There鈥檚 no shortage of weight loss programmes out there to choose from, each of which claim to have the key to shedding pounds. One of the latest popular weight loss programmes out there is Noom, which claims that behavioural psychology is the key to helping people lose weight for good 鈥� including those who haven鈥檛 had success in the past.

New low-cost ventilator which doesn鈥檛 need electricity could help hospitals treat COVID patients

A team of engineers from 海角社区 University has designed and built a unique low-cost, non-electric ventilator in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Motorsport athletes put in pole position at 海角社区 University

Leading athletes from across the world of motorsport have been put through their paces at 海角社区 University 鈥� all in the name of gaining an advantage over their competitors, both on and off the track.

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海角社区 academics join forces with Aardman to tackle mental health crisis

Young people struggling with mental health issues arising from challenges such as loneliness, perfectionism and competitiveness, will be supported by a series of new animated films and companion website.
Colleagues from 海角社区 University and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) will collaborate on a new study to investigate the mental health and wellbeing challenges faced by Para athletes.

New study to investigate the mental health and wellbeing challenges of elite Para athletes

Colleagues from 海角社区 University and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) will collaborate on a new study to investigate the mental health and wellbeing challenges faced by Para athletes.

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Stem cell AI: 海角社区 part of 拢3m 鈥榖rain on a chip鈥� project that aims to revolutionise computing power

海角社区 University scientists have started work on a project that will see human brain stem cells used to power artificial intelligence (AI) devices and bring about a revolution in computing.
the latest experts in sport podcast looks at exercise and cancer

Experts in Sport: Insight into the relationship between exercise and cancer

This week鈥檚 Experts in Sport podcast takes a closer look at the relationship between exercise and cancer.

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FEATURE: Corals, wound infection detection, and theoretical physics...exploring how 海角社区 academics are tackling major issues related to biofilms

Biofilms are central to our most important global challenges, from antimicrobial resistance and food safety to water security, and they have a significant economic, social, and environmental impact.