Could the quantum computing revolution transform drug development, are there new approaches for improving sleep and do people benefit from being diagnosed with early-stage dementia? These are some of the questions that will be discussed at the first TEDMEDLive Bristol at the MShed on Thursday [18 April].
GP’s and health professionals need to do more to promote support groups for men suffering with depression and anxiety according to new research published [26 June] in the journal Primary Health Care Research & Development.
A researcher at the University of Bristol has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s honours in recognition of her services to social medicine.
Research at the University of Bristol will help the British Heart Foundation in its mission to cut premature deaths from cardiovascular disease by 25 per cent.
The Bristol-based International Journal of Epidemiology (IJE) has been placed at the top of its field in the ISI Web of Science Journal Citation Reports, published by Thomson Reuters.
Cats are one of the UK’s favourite pets but much of what they do remains a mystery. A leading animal welfare expert and author of the book Cat Sense will explore feline behaviour at The Times Cheltenham Science Festival next month.
Two new research projects that aim to advance treatment for people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome [CFS] or Myalgic Encephalopathy [ME], which affects an estimated 600,000 adults and children in the UK, have been awarded funding totalling nearly £1.2 million from the National Institute for Health Research [NIHR].
Undergraduate vet student Amy Smith has been awarded a £5,000 bursary from the Comparative Clinical Science Foundation (CCSF) to support her research project as part of an intercalated BSc in Cellular and Molecular Medicine. This is the first time the bursary has been awarded to a student at the University of Bristol.
Older people who undertake at least 25 minutes of moderate or vigorous exercise everyday need fewer prescriptions and are less likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency, new research has revealed.
On Friday, 28 June staff from the University of Bristol’s Centre for Comparative and Clinical Anatomy (CCCA) joined in a service of thanksgiving with the family and friends of those who have donated their bodies to the centre in the past year.
