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Switching to non-surgical approach to ankle fractures in older people could save £1.5 million a year
If half of patients aged 60 and over who had surgery for an ankle fracture ...
The BRC’s Cardiovascular theme has been working with its patient advisory group (PAG) since 2017. ...
Genetic study of proteins is a breakthrough in drug development for complex diseases
An innovative genetic study of blood protein levels, led by ...
NIHR Bristol BRC contributing to ground-breaking national study into long-term health impacts of coronavirus
A major UK research study into the long-term health impacts ...
Analysis of seven trials finds that corticosteroids reduce risk of death by 20 per cent in critically ill COVID-19 patients
Corticosteroids reduce the risk of death among critically ill COVID-19 ...
Handgrip strength shown to identify people at high risk of type 2 diabetes
Findings demonstrate handgrip strength could be a cost-effective early screening ...
Implant choice more important than surgeon skill for hip replacement success
A study analysing over 650,000 hip replacement patients across England ...
Shoulder replacements benefit most patients for more than 10 years, study shows
More than 90 per cent of shoulder replacement implants last ...
Event: Bristol Health Partners AHSC HIT Conference
28 September and 1 October 2020. Bristol Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) would ...
Event: Cancer Research UK online project launch and networking session
22 September 2020. 9.45am – 12.30pm. Around 60,000 poeple in the UK are living with ...
Body mass index may not be the best indicator of our health – how can we improve it?
By Dr Karen Coulman, Research Fellow (NIHR Clinical Lectureship), and Dr Sarah Sauchelli Toran, Senior ...
Understanding the deadly link between COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease
Deborah Lawlor, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Bristol and the NIHR Bristol BRC, ...
Coronavirus could trigger diabetes in previously healthy people
By Julian Hamilton-Shield ,Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Endocrinology at the University of Bristol and ...
Watch our HDR-UK Better Care South-West Partnership webinar
Jonathan Sterne from the NIHR Bristol BRC and Richard Wood, Head of Modelling and Analytics ...
Young People’s Advisory Group – lockdown version
At a time when COVID-19 has changed almost every aspect of life, we’ve been finding ...