Health Research
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One million people have taken part in primary care clinical research
Over one million people in primary care have actively participated in research studies looking at healthier lifestyle, disease diagnosis and prevention, and management of long term illnesses such as diabetes. Clinical research is the way clinicians in primary care (including...
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Symposium: Engaging young people, with pain related health conditions, in research
Pain is a common experience in young people who experience chronic illness, and a burden for many of these young people. Young people who experience ongoing pain report poor outcomes in terms of psychological, physical, social and peer-related functioning. Whilst...
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More studies than ever before in the West of England
The 2015/16 NHS Research Activity League Table, published by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), shows all local NHS Trusts are delivering clinical research, as set out in the NHS Constitution. The League Table provides a picture of how...
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Patients more likely to survive in research-active hospitals
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...
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The Conversation: Pain is more than a physical process – now a study in mice suggests it may even be socially transferable
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...
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Pain stories: Young people with pain and their families needed to talk about how they make sense of pain
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...
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The ASCmeIT app showcased at conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
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...
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ASCmeIT app showcased at PETRA conference
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 –...
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Two day international conference - Encountering Pain: hearing, seeing, speaking
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...
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Clinical Trials Day Events by BRD
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...
