A study, supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN), has found that bowel cancer patients are more likely to survive in research-active hospitals. Even patients who are not involved in the trials themselves benefit...

Dr Edmund Keogh, a reader in Psychology, discusses whether pain in one individual can affect the pain experiences of another and if pain be socially transferred.  He begins by examining a study,  published in Science Advances, that found the presence...

Researchers from the University of Bath are interested in talking to young people who experience pain and their families to help us understand what it is like for individuals and their families to live with pain and to learn more...

The 15th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs was attended by specialist health professionals and researchers with a remit to help people with special needs through computing. Professor Sarah Parsons, from the Digital Bubbles team, presented the...

Dr Lisa Austin, University of Bath, represented the Digital Bubbles team and their ASCmeIT smartphone application at this this year’s PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) conference in Corfu. The ASCmeIT app allows people with Autism Spectrum Conditions –...

This innovative two-day international conference is being held at University College London, UK on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd July 2016. It is estimated that 14 million people live with chronic pain in England alone. 25% pain sufferers lose their...

  On Clinical Trials Day Bath R&D visited one of the care homes run by Sirona, their local social enterprise.  We had a stand at Charlton House in Keynsham.  Residents have a broad range of activities which aim to promote...

Researchers from the University of Bath are embarking on a new study to understand more about how men and women cope with their pain. Research has consistently shown that women report more pain than men, and that their pain is...

A recent study carried out by Samantha Warren from Bath R&D and Dr Nick Jones from St Chad's Surgery, with help from BARONET (Bath Area Research Organisation Network), sought to understand the reasons why some primary care patients decide not...

The Office for National Statistics published the UK suicide rates for 2014 on the 4th February 2016.  These new figures suggest an increase in suicide rates in children and young people in 2014, with up to two children (aged 10–14...