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Southampton research reveals why exercise helps people with asthma
Exercise improves asthma symptoms and reduces lung inflammation, but until now it has not been clear how it does this. New research...
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 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


Arts and science combine to help young people make positive health choices
A new programme for young people in Southampton is helping teenagers discover how their lifestyle choices influence not only their own...
Dec 10, 2021


Researchers highlight importance of nutrition in teenage growth and development
Southampton researchers are calling for more studies into the effect of nutrition during adolescence. In a series of papers published in...
Dec 10, 2021


Healthy volunteers needed to help fight lung disease
Southampton researchers are looking for healthy people between 40 and 75 years of age to take part in a study seeking to improve care for...
Dec 3, 2021


Fitness before cancer surgery shown to be important predictor of survival
New research with cancer patients has shown being fit before surgery influences outcomes more than muscle-wastage associated with cancer...
Nov 29, 2021


Pregnant women needed for COVID-19 vaccine study in Southampton
Pregnant women in Southampton are being invited to take part in a COVID-19 vaccine study. Preg-CoV is the UK’s largest clinical study to...
Nov 26, 2021


Smoking whilst pregnant linked to smaller babies in future pregnancies
Southampton researchers have found that the link between smoking at the start of pregnancy and having a smaller baby may extend to future...
Nov 25, 2021


Research prize praises ‘nutrition pathway’ for babies with heart problems
A Southampton dietitian has been honoured with a research impact award for her novel work to support babies with congenital heart disease...
Nov 16, 2021


Southampton nutrition expert supports calls for focus on children’s health
Professor Keith Godfrey has urged the Government to place children’s health “at the heart of new policies” as part of a major early years...
Nov 10, 2021


Antioxidant supplements trialled to support immune system
Southampton researchers are exploring the effects of antioxidant supplements on the immune system A new study is recruiting healthy...
Nov 3, 2021


Antibiotic provides little effect on chest infections in children
Southampton researchers have found that the antibiotic amoxicillin is only slightly more effective at treating chest infections in...
Oct 27, 2021


Pregnant volunteers needed for research to prevent meningitis in newborns
Southampton researchers are looking for pregnant volunteers to join a study investigating how ‘good bacteria’ may protect babies from...
Oct 14, 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
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