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Researchers want men and women to take part in a survey to help find out how masculinity and femininity influence how we cope with pain
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...
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Understanding why some primary care patients decide not to take part in research
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...
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Suicide rates in children and young people increase
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...
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Encountering pain: 2 day event at UCL
Encountering Pain: hearing, seeing, speaking A free 2-day live event and international conference at UCL Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd July 2016 Keynote Speakers: Joanna Bourke Rita Charon Christopher Eccleston Maria Fitzgerald Pain is not only expressed linguistically but through...
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Supporting non-medic Principal Investigators to be research active
This video, produced by Bath Research & Development (BRD) and the NIHR Clinical Research Network: West Of England, aims to encourage non-medic Principal Investigators to be research active. The interviewee is Dr Krist Noonan, a neuropsychologist specialising in Dementia, who...
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Webinar - Putting Behavioral Treatments for Pain Online: Evidence and Lessons
The Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life (TRIPLL) of Weill Cornell Medicine presents a webinar series on Mobile Health, Pain and Aging. The TRIPLL webinar series is a web based training resource for health professionals, researchers and community practitioners interested in various health...
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Book launch - Embodied: The psychology of physical sensation by Professor Christopher Eccleston
We grow up thinking there are five senses, but we forget about the ten neglected senses of the body that both enable and limit our experience. Wednesday 24th February 2016 7:15pm to 9:15pm East Building 1.1 University of Bath The...
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New app will help people with autism influence tech developments
A new mobile app has been launched that is hoping to tap into the creative juices of people with autism to find new tech solutions to some of the everyday challenges they face. ‘ASCmeI.T.’, a free mobile app available...
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Health Research Showcase review and video podcast
The University of Bath and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust hosted an event to celebrate the collaborative health research that is being carried out in Bath. The Health Research Showcase was held on Wednesday 17 June and...
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European Forum focuses on impact of pain research
Researchers from the University of Bath's Centre for Pain Research will be at the forefront of discussions during this week's Congress of the European Pain Federation. Research from our Centre for Pain Research will take centre stage at this week’s Congress of...
