£1.9 million NIHR funding announced for innovative brain health app
£1.9 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) will fund development of a new app to...
Health
Sedentary time in children linked with heart damage in young adulthood
Inactivity during childhood could increase the chance of heart attacks and strokes later in life, and children and teenagers need...
Understand the genetics of the reproductive body clock: public lecture open to all
The ways our genes affect the timing of menopause will be explored at a public lecture on the reproductive body...
Risk of premature birth 50 per cent higher in mothers with poor mental health, largescale study shows
A new NIHR funded research from led by researchers at the University of Exeter, King’s College London, the London School...
Dementia research charity awards Exeter scientists £370k to accelerate progress for a cure
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has funded three researchers from the University of Exeter to carry...
New dementia and neurodegeneration Policy Research Unit for Exeter as part of £100m funding
A new Policy Research Unit (PRU) at the University of Exeter specialising in dementia and neurodegeneration will begin work in...
Hydrogen sulfide shows promise as healthy ageing therapeutic when specifically targeted within cells
Future therapies to help people live healthy lives for longer could be developed from drugs that release tiny amounts of...
Exeter researcher secures over half a million pounds to tackle health conditions caused by dormant bacteria
Over half a million pounds has been awarded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to tackle cholera and gastroenteric...
Treatment of psychiatric patients in the community requires long-term political and financial support, study shows
Major changes aimed at treating psychiatric patients in the community instead of hospital requires clear and strong leadership, as well...