Bristol Medical School

New TV series co-designed by Bristol mental health expert aims to find out if living a simpler life means a happier and healthier life

28 March 2022

Could living a simpler life with no modern comforts, cut off from the modern world be better for us? Bristol mental health researcher, Dr Myles-Jay Linton has contributed to a new Channel 4 series, The Simpler Life, which follows a group of 24 Brits who have given up all their worldly possessions to see whether living a simpler life off grid, without any form of technology, mains electricity or gas, benefits their health and wellbeing.

Survey to improve international burns care launches today

14 March 2022

An international partnership set up to give a louder voice to burns patients, carers and clinicians have set out to identify the top ten global burns research priorities.

Preventing long-term pain from shingles

28 March 2022

Researchers from the University of Bristol are recruiting patients with newly diagnosed shingles into a new study, to see if they can prevent the long-term pain which commonly persists after the rash has healed.

Child cancer survivor achieves dream of becoming doctor

13 June 2022

A student who beat aggressive cancer as a young child has today become a doctor.

Bristol Med School goes green with new sustainability roles

9 March 2022

Bristol Medical School has added three new sustainability roles to its staff roster, as it helps realise the University’s plans to become net-zero carbon by 2030.

Anti-cancer drug offers potential alternative to transplant for patients with liver failure, study finds

16 August 2018

Patients suffering sudden liver failure could in the future benefit from a new treatment that could reduce the need for transplants, research published today shows. The study by scientists at University of Edinburgh MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute in Glasgow, and the University of Bristol, is published in Science Translational Medicine.

Bristol Network one of six new NHS brain tumour centres awarded Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence status

27 May 2022

The Bristol Network, which includes North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, has been recognised as a “Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence” following rigorous expert-led assessments by the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM).

Transport for London’s junk food advertising restrictions linked to reductions in high fat, salt and sugar product purchases

17 February 2022

Restricting the outdoor advertising of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods and drinks across the Transport for London (TfL) network is estimated to have significantly decreased the average amount of calories purchased by households every week from these products, according to new research in PLOS Medicine.

Buprenorphine may be a safer opioid substitute than methadone but only if treatment duration is longer, study suggests

20 April 2018

The less commonly prescribed opioid substitute buprenorphine may be safer than methadone for problem opioid users, especially if used during the first month of treatment, according to a study by researchers from the University of Bristol, King’s College London, University of Manchester and Bristol Drugs Project, with implications for guidance on GP prescribing.

Bereaved people who are socially isolated have higher levels of grief and support needs, finds national survey

11 February 2022

People in the UK bereaved during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic showed higher levels of grief and support needs if they were socially isolated or lonely.