Hospital volunteers run exercise classes for older patients
A new study will see if virtual sessions by trained volunteers can help older patients regain their strength after they return home. At...
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- Jun 8
Small percentage of cancer research funding goes on treatment, study finds
New research has revealed that only a small percentage of cancer funding is invested in primary treatments. Cancer is one of the world’s...
- Apr 27
Online preparation supports patients ahead of surgery
University Hospital Southampton is using online questionnaires to help patients prepare for surgery. The new approach is based on years...
- Aug 19, 2022
New £1.8m clinical trial to help reduce sudden cardiac deaths using implantable defibrillators
Southampton researchers have been awarded £1.8m to run a new clinical trial to improve treatment for people with heart failure. The...
- Jun 24, 2022
More efficient method shown to take and analyse blood gas
Southampton researchers have demonstrated a safer and faster way of taking arterial blood gas samples from patients in intensive care...
- Feb 9, 2022
Genetic tests help spot pancreatic cancer sooner
Southampton researchers have identified genetic patterns that predict peoples’ likelihood of pancreatic cancer. This could ensure the...
- Feb 3, 2022
Ultrasound technique could improve liver disease diagnosis
Southampton researchers helped develop a new tool to diagnose a progressive form of the often ‘silent’ disease non-alcoholic fatty liver...
- Jan 24, 2022
Measuring children’s BMI could help tackle obesity and make surgery safer
A Southampton-led study has found almost a quarter of children needing surgery in 102 UK hospitals were overweight or obese. It calls for...
- Jan 20, 2022
Machine learning insight could ease pressure on emergency departments
Patients at highest risk of a quick return to emergency departments can be spotted and supported using machine learning, according to new...
- Dec 15, 2021
Respiratory discovery could improve survival of COVID-19 intensive care patients
Southampton researchers have revealed one reason why COVID-19 patients on ventilators have trouble breathing, and how refining a...
- Dec 10, 2021
Southampton anaesthetist to lead national pain relief study for emergency bowel surgery
Patients having emergency bowel surgery at 15 UK hospitals will be offered a new pain relief technique in a trial to help ease recovery...
- Sep 22, 2021
Southampton researchers trial new cancer early detection blood test
Researchers in Southampton are investigating a new early detection test for cancer, following the opening of a new trial. The SYMPLIFY...
- Sep 22, 2021
Pioneering study starts to treat patients with incurable neurological disease
Southampton researchers have given the first UK patient a new treatment for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. This international study aims...
- May 7, 2021
One third of patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19 still have lung changes after a year
A new study has shown that most patients discharged from hospital after experiencing severe COVID-19 infection appear to return to full...
- Feb 26, 2021
Southampton joins new collaboration to boost cancer research
NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre cancer researchers have joined experts across the country in a new collaboration to more...
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