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Handgrip strength shown to identify people at high risk of type 2 diabetes
Findings demonstrate handgrip strength could be a cost-effective early screening tool A simple test such as the strength of your handgrip could be used as a quick, low-cost screening tool to help healthcare professionals identify patients at risk of type 2 diabetes. In new research, scientists at the universities of…
Implant choice more important than surgeon skill for hip replacement success
A study analysing over 650,000 hip replacement patients across England and Wales over 14 years sought to investigate why one hospital has consistently been identified as having better than expected outcomes compared to other settings. The findings have shown that the outstanding hip implant survival results seen in one centre…
Shoulder replacements benefit most patients for more than 10 years, study shows
More than 90 per cent of shoulder replacement implants last more than 10 years, according to the largest study of its kind. The study led by the University of Exeter and the National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula (PenARC), and published in The…
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, is co-leading a new research programme to find out which factors increase people’s risk of COVID-19 infection. This is one of six flagship research programmes, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the…
New Better Care South-West Partnership will join up data to improve and integrate care
A new partnership led by the University of Bristol that will join up data and improve patient care in the South West has been announced by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) today [29 April]. The HDR UK Better Care South-West Partnership is being awarded £1.2 million over three…
Study shows heavy smoking can have a damaging effect on facial ageing
Heavy smoking may have a causal effect on facial ageing, according to new research led by the University of Bristol. The study searched across 18,000 traits from the UK Biobank cohort to identify those that may be affected by how heavily someone smokes. As well as recognising several known…
Dislocation following hip replacements has declined over time and has modifiable risk factors
Dislocation following primary total hip replacements has declined over time, and has a number of modifiable risk factors, research from the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre and published in The Lancet Rheumatology has found. Dislocation following total hip replacement is associated with repeated admissions to hospital and substantial costs…
Risk of bias in evidence underpinning approval of new cancer drugs raises questions
Around half of trials that supported new cancer drug approvals in Europe between 2014 and 2016 were judged to be at high risk of bias, a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has found. The research was led by the London School of Economics, with methodological…
Joint replacement research shortlisted for ONS Research Excellence Award
Joint replacement research from the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is one of only four projects shortlisted for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Research Excellence Award 2019. The award recognises and celebrate outstanding innovative research carried out using ONS data, or data the ONS makes available on…