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Significant variations in hip fracture health costs and care between NHS hospitals and regions, study finds

  • 11 July 2023
There are significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery across NHS hospitals in England and Wales following hip fracture, a new study aimed at understanding how hospital care impacts patients’ outcomes and costs has revealed. The study, led by the University of Bristol and funded by…

Developing a visual arts-based programme to prevent anxiety and depression among school children

  • 10 July 2023
A new survey to help design a visual art-based programme aiming to prevent anxiety and depression among 11-12 year olds has been launched by University of Bristol researchers. The survey is aimed at secondary school art teachers and staff who support mental health in secondary schools. The ‘Create for Confidence’…

How dietary restraint could significantly reduce effects of genetic risk of obesity

  • 6 July 2023
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

  • 6 July 2023
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

  • 4 July 2023
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

  • 4 July 2023
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

  • 27 June 2023
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

  • 19 June 2023
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

  • 14 June 2023
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…