Regional Maternity Survey Office hosted an Accelerated Solutions Event
An Accelerated Solutions Event to design the right care pathway for children and young people with cerebral palsy.
View ArticleIs your commute bad for your health?
A new play commissioned by Newcastle University explores the links between transport problems and health.
View ArticleMothers’ obesity increases the risk of foetal and infant death
Women who are obese during early pregnancy have a significantly increased risk of their baby dying before, during or up to one year after birth, according to IHS researchers.
View ArticleFuse invited to join NIHR School for Public Health Research
Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, jointly established by Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside universities, with its hub in the Institute of Health &...
View ArticleWelfare rights service improves the lives of cancer patients
A study led by Newcastle University has revealed how help in dealing with the financial strain following a diagnosis of cancer can increase a patient’s ability to cope with the disease.
View ArticleDiabetes linked to higher rate of birth defects
Pregnant women with diabetes are almost four times more likely to have a baby with a birth defect than women without the condition and the likelihood is linked to the mother's glucose level, according...
View ArticleNew regulations fail to make TV food adverts healthier for children
Despite new regulations restricting TV advertisements for food, children are still exposed to the same level of advertising for unhealthy products, researchers have found.
View ArticleImproving the health and wellbeing of dementia sufferers
A Newcastle University medic is recognised as one of the UK's most promising leaders in medical health research and awarded a 1.5m National Institute for Health Research professorship for dementia work.
View ArticleMinimum alcohol price not set high enough
Following Prime Minister David Cameron's vow last week to tackle binge drinking, new research from Newcastle University has highlighted the need for a strong approach to alcohol pricing.
View ArticleIHS wins Athena SWAN Silver Award
At a national awards ceremony held at the University of Nottingham, the Institute of Health & Society at Newcastle University was awarded the Athena SWAN Silver Award.
View ArticleFuse chosen as part of new national School for Public Health Research
Fuse press release NIHR School for Public Health Research launched Wednesday 18 April 2012. For more information on this press release, or an interview with the academics involved, please contact Mark...
View ArticleNewcastle addiction conference calls for alcohol action
An influential group of international addiction experts have called for the banning of all alcohol advertising and the introduction of minimum pricing.
View ArticleRadiation exposure from CT scans in childhood could triple the risk of...
Children and young adults scanned multiple times by computed tomography (CT) have a small increased risk of leukaemia and brain tumours in the decade following their first scan.
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