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How dietary restraint could significantly reduce effects of genetic risk of obesity
Obesity risk genes make people feel hungrier and lose control over their eating, but practising dietary restraint could counteract this. New research by University of Exeter, Exeter Clinical Research Facility, and University of Bristol – funded by the Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership and published in the International…
Health Research Ambassador initiative wins HSR UK award for Innovation in Inclusion
A pilot initiative aiming to build shared, sustainable relationships between researchers and communities in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire that are often under-represented in health research, won a Health Services Research (HSR UK) Innovation in Inclusion Award on 5 July 2023. Funded by the NIHR Centre for Engagement…
New project aims to use AI to help people with type 2 diabetes manage their health
A Bristol-based team funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is developing a ground-breaking AI system designed with patients and their needs at its heart, to support people with type 2 diabetes in taking control of their health. Structured diabetes education is a…
Testing the feasibility of a mindfulness intervention for women with post-traumatic stress disorder and a history of domestic abuse
Researchers from University of Bristol supported by the NIHR Bristol BRC have demonstrated that it is possible to conduct a full-size randomised controlled trial of a trauma-specific mindfulness course for women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a history of domestic abuse (DA). A randomised controlled trial is a study…
Lizzy Winstone awarded prestigious Churchill Fellowship
Dr Lizzy Winstone, Senior Research Associate in the University of Bristol Centre for Academic Mental Health, has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to develop a project to help young people understand how social media algorithms work. The Churchill Fellowship is a UK charity…
Eating behaviour and childhood onset craniopharyngioma
Researchers have confirmed a link between hyperphagia – an abnormally strong desire for food – and body mass index (BMI) in patients affected by childhood onset craniopharyngioma. A paper published in Hormone Research in Paediatrics demonstrates that eating behaviour research would be both feasible and acceptable…
Androgen receptor variant 7 and protein interaction in prostate cancer progression
Interactions between androgen receptor variant 7 (ARV7), the forkhead box protein A1 (FOXA1) and insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGFBP-2) could potentially contribute to a more aggressive form of prostate cancer developing, according to research published in Translational Oncology. Researchers found positive associations between ARV7 and the two proteins…
NHS policies on patient’s weight and access to hip replacement surgery are inappropriate, study finds
Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are inappropriate and worsening health inequalities, according to a new study published in BMC Medicine today [13 June] that analysed nearly 490,000 hip surgeries. With one in ten people likely to need a joint replacement in…
Does intermittent fasting affect appetite?
Researchers from NIHR Bristol BRC and the School of Psychological Science in the University of Bristol found no clear difference between the effects of intermittent fasting and continuous energy restriction on hunger, fullness, a person’s desire to eat or how much they think they can eat. Findings…