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Teenagers driving trial of mobile-based asthma support
Southampton’s Breathing Retraining for Asthma Trial of Home Exercises for Teenagers (BREATHE4T) study is assessing the use of an online...
Feb 7, 2020
Doctor's marathon challenge to boost medical training in Africa
Southampton consultant anaesthetist and researcher Professor Mike Grocott is taking on the 2020 London Marathon, raising money to train...
Jan 29, 2020
Anti-viral treatment has potential to protect lung disease patients
Southampton researchers have found boosting a key part of the body’s immune system has the potential to prevent viral infections in...
Dec 18, 2019
Weight change between pregnancies linked to having premature or large at birth babies
Women who lose or gain a significant amount of weight between their first and second pregnancies have a greater risk of complications...
Dec 9, 2019
Southampton researchers trial new vaccine to fight lung disease and save more lives
A new vaccine could protect patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) against lung infections that worsen their...
Oct 30, 2019
£70 million initiative to personalise autoimmune, inflammation and allergy treatment
Southampton researchers are set to be part of a €80 million (£70 million) initiative aiming to better target treatments for the millions...
Oct 29, 2019
Researchers find whooping cough bacteria "lurks silently" in healthy people
Researchers in the UK and Europe have discovered the bacteria which causes whooping cough can “lurk silently” in the noses and throats of...
Oct 23, 2019
Breastmilk supplements help protect preterm baby's weight loss
Doctors in Southampton have found an eight-week nutrient supplement for breastfeeding mums can help prevent weight loss and boost the...
Apr 15, 2019
Southampton helps prevent malnutrition in critically ill across Europe
Southampton researcher Philip Calder, as part of a panel of experts, has produced new European guidelines for medical teams on how to...
Jan 30, 2019
'Dust mite' tablet developed to treat allergic asthma in children
Doctors in Southampton are trialling a new tablet that could reduce the effects of allergic asthma in children with a house dust mite...
Jan 21, 2019
Southampton doctors in world-first trial of new nose drop to fight meningitis
Doctors in Southampton are leading a world-first trial of a new nose drop containing a type of modified ‘friendly’ bacteria that could...
Nov 27, 2018
Researchers develop an app to predict the risk of asthma in children
Researchers in Southampton and the US have created an app that can predict a child’s risk of asthma through six simple yes or no...
Nov 17, 2018
Southampton's 'soft' laser therapy for cancer patients could be offered nationwide
An NIHR funded ‘soft’ laser therapy pioneered in the UK by doctors in Southampton to help prevent side effects in patients receiving...
Jul 13, 2018
Using mathematics to assess lung function
Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed a new digital way of analysing X-ray images of lungs that could herald a...
Jun 25, 2018
Southampton researchers look at why people choose not to take part in clinical trials
Clinical trials couldn’t take place without people volunteering to take part. All doctors depend on volunteers to better understand the...
May 16, 2018
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