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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...
Aug 29, 2023
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...
Jun 8, 2023
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...
Apr 27, 2023
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...
Aug 18, 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...
Jun 23, 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 9, 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...
Feb 3, 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 24, 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...
Jan 20, 2022
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 15, 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...
Dec 10, 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 21, 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...
Sep 21, 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...
May 7, 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...
Feb 26, 2021
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