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Visit from Dr Anna Smajdor
Dr Anna Smajdor, Lecturer and Researcher in Biomedical Ethics at the University of East Anglia, will be visiting the Health Services Research Unit from 20-21 November 2014.
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Visit from Dr Jane Johnson
Dr Jane Johnson, who is currently a research fellow at Macquarie University, Australia, will be visiting the Health Services Research Unit from 18-26 November 2014.
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Event offers opportunity for young people to shape healthy living programmes
Researchers aiming to develop healthy lifestyle programmes designed for young people by young people will host a taster event at Inchgrath Community Centre.
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Participatory Action Research in Health Systems: A Methods Reader
Participatory Action Research in Health Systems: A Methods Reader has been published by the Regional Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET), Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC), the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR), World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Development Research Centre...
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Lung disease patients needed for new treatment study to use an old drug in a new way
People with lung disease are required by researchers at the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary to help with a £2 million UK wide study to see if an old drug can help a relatively new drug work better as a treatment for a common lung condition.
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Essentials of Epidemiology in Reproductive Health course 2014
The inaugural “Essentials of Epidemiology in Reproductive Health” course was held 6th-9th October 2014 at the Sir Duncan Rice Library. This unique course attracted 19 students from 8 countries and 3 continents and provided them with tuition in Study Design, Disease Measurement, Statistics and Methodology. The faculty involved in the course...
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Visitors from the University of Bristol
We welcome Dr Athene Lane and Sia Gravani of the School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol who are visiting HSRU on 27 and 28 October 2014.
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Moderate delays in cancer treatment may have no effect on patient outcomes
Delays between a patient presenting with symptoms of colorectal cancer to their GP and receiving treatment may have no impact on survival rates, according to a study by academics at the University of Aberdeen.
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Non-smokers exposed to three times above safe levels of particles when living with smokers
Non-smokers who live in a house with smokers are exposed to three times the officially recommend safe levels of damaging air particles, according to a study published online in the journal Tobacco Control.
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Pharmacists could save the NHS £1billion by treating common ailments
New research from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) shows that common ailments such as coughs and sore throats cost the NHS an extra £1.1 billion a year when patients are treated at A&E or GP surgeries rather than at community pharmacies.