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Patient recovery after surgery for oesophageal cancer isn’t influenced by using standard or keyhole incisions

  • 25 March 2024
New research has found no evidence of a difference between recovery time and complications when comparing standard and keyhole surgical incisions for the treatment of oesophageal cancer (cancer of the gullet).  The study, led by the University of Bristol Medical School and published in the…

Alcohol-free beer on draught nudges people to make 'healthy choices’

  • 21 March 2024
Making alcohol-free beer more widely available on draught in pubs and bars may help people switch from alcoholic to alcohol-free beer, a new study published in Addiction today [21 March], has found. Pubs and bars taking part in the University of Bristol-led trial saw an increase in…

Low- and middle-income countries aren't reflected in global suicide prevention evidence base

  • 20 March 2024
Over 80 per cent of systematic reviews on suicide deaths do not provide an accurate summary of findings with relation to geographic relevance, according to research published in Archives of Suicide Research. This affects their generalisability, as findings from high-income countries are reported as if they are…

Designing tailored physical activity interventions for primary schools

  • 8 February 2024
Primary school-based interventions aimed at increasing physical activity among children are usually targeted at physical education (PE) lessons, active breaks and active and outdoor learning, according to a paper published in Frontiers in Public Health. Only one of the studies included in this review paper considered the…

The UK Diet and Diabetes Questionnaire - a research tool story

  • 8 February 2024
Dr Clare England, Health Services Researcher at Health Technology Wales, gives us an update on how the UK Diet and Diabetes Questionnaire she developed as part of her PhD work has been used since it was created and validated in 2016.

NIHR Bristol BRC Director’s Fund award for three new research projects

  • 14 December 2023
Three new research projects have secured funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Bristol Biomedical Research Centre’s (Bristol BRC) Director’s fund. The Director’s Fund supports exciting new projects across all our research themes which we hope will be developed into something that could directly benefit patients.

Bristol researcher wins BHF Research Story of the Year for work on children’s heart plaster

  • 7 December 2023
A University of Bristol researcher who has developed a new type of ‘heart plaster’ that could improve the way surgeons treat children living with congenital heart disease has won this year’s British Heart Foundation (BHF) Research Story of the Year. The award is part of the charity’s annual Heart Hero…

Who’s doing what? How patterns of children’s physical activity have changed since the pandemic

  • 28 November 2023
This blog was originally published by the Youth Sport Trust on 28 November 2023. The Active-6 project led by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Exercise, Nutrition, and Health Sciences and Bristol Medical School and funded by the National Institute for Health…

Four new Health Ambassadors recruited to help diversify local research participation

  • 23 November 2023
Four new Health Ambassadors have been recruited to support diverse communities in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) with involvement in health and care research. The Health Ambassadors initiative launched in 2022 and recently won a Health Services Research (HSR UK) 2023 Innovation…