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If recommended by the NHS, a high proportion of UK adults would be willing to test their own hearing at home and use NHS self-fitting hearing aids, University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø researchers find.

A study by University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø scientists has revealed some of the mechanisms which may explain why older mice are more likely to give birth to offspring that have not grown to their full potential in the womb. 

A University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø study funded by Breast Cancer Now and supported by Prevent Breast Cancer, reveals a drug approved for use in other conditions could be repurposed to prevent breast cancer in women before the menopause.

The ancient Egyptians ran an efficiently organised  health service which was open to everyone, irrespective of wealth or class, University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø Egyptologists say.

Asian and Black ethnic groups who say they have long term health conditions could be more likely to underreport anxiety, depression, and the ability to carry out daily activities than white populations, new research involving 2.6 million people …

Today, 23 October 2025, Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published a list of the ten organisations that carried out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research – in Great Britain in …

Representatives from the Oddfellows, a national friendly society, visited the Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) on Thursday 2 October to present a cheque for £67,068 to Prevent Breast Cancer to help progress its innovative breast cancer …

 Abusive parents will no longer have presumed access to their children following a change in the law and years of campaigning by victims’ groups and other experts, including University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø researchers.

The first  ever psychological intervention to help prepare medical students for clinical placements saw significant improvements in resilience, confidence and mental wellbeing after taking part in a pilot online coaching programme called …

The Government could save upwards of £20 billion and support more than 220,000 people back into employment through return-to-work schemes, according to new analysis by researchers from The University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø, Newcastle and Glasgow

A groundbreaking study led by University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø scientists has identified genetic variants which make some patients more sensitive to radiation in specific parts of the rectum than others.

One of the UK’s leading experts in fungal infections, Dr Riina Richardson, has been elected the next President of the British Society for Medical Mycology (BSMM) – one of the oldest medical mycology societies in the world.Dr Richardson is a Senior …

Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering how the body stops its own immune system from turning against itself.Shimon Sakaguchi from Osaka University in Japan, Mary E. Brunkow from the …

An AI-powered hearing test is reliably able to check your hearing on a computer or smart phone without clinical supervision according to a study by University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø researchers.

Commercial sunbeds should be banned in the UK, argue experts from the University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø and Christie NHS Foundation Trust  in The BMJ today.

A new way to treat asthma symptoms and even repair previously irreversible lung damage could be on the horizon following the discovery of a potential new therapeutic target by scientists at the Universities of Aberdeen and Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø.

The coiled structure of the umbilical cord – the vital link between a baby and its mother during pregnancy – plays an important role in helping to keep babies healthy in the womb, according to new research led by The University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø.

On 1 October the University’s Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) will mark its 80th anniversary with a celebratory afternoon of talks and discussion that will incorporate this year’s Lane Lecture.

Men, black communities and the poorly educated are experiencing significant  disparities in accessing game-changing digital healthcare for type 2 diabetes, data scientists from The University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø show.

An international group of researchers has developed a new tool which can help identify problematic randomised controlled trials (RCTs), including fraudulent studies, where there are serious concerns about trustworthiness.

An independent evaluation of measures introduced by the NHS in 2019 to reduce stillbirth in England has shown that most women have a positive experience antenatal care, birth and labour.

Research on venous leg ulcer treatments, doggedly pursued by two University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø academics since 1989, has greatly influenced NICE guidance issued this month.

University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø scientists have mapped the mutations in the tiny protein chains that cause a subtype of muscular dystrophy.

Scientists from The University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø and Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a series of biological signals which can predict how chronic kidney disease is likely to progress.

An enzyme expressed by skin cells could be helpful in the management of non-healing skin wounds and ulcers, according to research by University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø and Singapore’s A*STAR Skin Research Lab scientists.

Doctors and genetic researchers at The University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø have discovered that changes in a gene leads to severe nerve damage in children following a mild bout of infection.

The environment is increasingly acknowledged to play a critical role in our risk of developing diseases, with 30,000 deaths attributed to air pollution alone in the UK each year. A new research centre based at The Universities of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø and …

A new study has opened in Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø which could improve screening and early detection of lung cancer for high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, following a £1.3 million funding award.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust together with the Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre and The University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø  has developed a new blood test that can tell doctors precisely how active a patient’s cancer is at any moment in …

The Early Detection of Liver Disease research project (ID LIVER) takes a targeted and streamlined approach to identifying, assessing and managing patients at increased risk of liver disease in underserved communities. The project, led by researchers …