Surviving sepsis - is this the answer?
20 October 2020
New drug helps medical teams make the best decisions to manage critically ill patients.
20 October 2020
New drug helps medical teams make the best decisions to manage critically ill patients.
17 September 2020
The MOAM trial is the first ever large-scale trial of treatment for offenders with antisocial personality disorder. It provides an excellent demonstration of the impact of patient and public involvement in research.
14 September 2020
NIHR trial finds that a single dose of preventative prophylactic antibiotics, halves the risk of infection for women who have assisted vaginal births.
11 September 2020
A dramatic 800 calorie a day diet that has been shown to reverse diabetes is currently being piloted in the NHS across England. This follows a successful NIHR-funded trial that showed the effectiveness of the liquid diet and a larger trial into how the diet could be rolled out into everyday practice.
17 August 2020
A quick bedside test can deliver diagnosis of respiratory virus infection in children and allow clinicians to treat patients while protecting others from infection. Results from recent trials could change care pathways in the future.
04 August 2020
It is possible to reduce the number of pneumococcal vaccines given to babies and children without increasing their risk of serious and fatal infections. An NIHR-funded trial demonstrated that fewer injections can deliver immunity in the UK, leading to the government changing the pneumococcal vaccine schedule from three doses to two.
29 April 2020
A 20 minute measurement test for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has transformed the experience of patients and clinicians across the East Midlands and is being rolled out across the country.
19 August 2019
Researchers funded by the NIHR School for Public Health Research explored how working with a wholesale supplier could encourage fish and chip shops to offer smaller portion sizes to customers.
01 July 2019
NIHR researchers compare self-managed computer therapy programme to usual speech and language therapy
16 June 2019
Avastin, a drug that treats neovascular age-related macular degeneration, could save the NHS millions
16 June 2019
The NIHR-funded WOLLF study set out to find the best wound dressing for open fractures.
15 June 2019
NIHR researchers have worked with people who inject drugs to understand their views on new, safer equipment, helping to increase the adoption of this equipment across the UK
14 June 2019
The NIHR-supported trial, STAMPEDE, set out find the best way of treating men with high risk prostate cancer by assessing the effect of a range of new treatments.
14 June 2019
The NIHR is investing in developing new ways to use technology to help people affected by mental health disorders
12 June 2019
The NIHR funds the development and testing of novel medical technologies that can change the lives of patients
10 June 2019
NIHR Clinical Research Facilities have supported research on a new drug to treat a rare form of rickets, which is now available on the NHS to children and young people.
05 June 2019
NIHR-funded researchers from the University of Glasgow evaluated the effectiveness of Football Fans in Training (FFIT) - a programme to help football fans lose weight, feel better and live a healthier lifestyle.
02 April 2019
NIHR Biomedical Research Centres are leading the way in developing innovative new techniques to treat age-related macular degeneration and restore vision.
02 April 2019
The NIHR has committed over £91 million into research addressing the use of antimicrobial drugs such as antibiotics to help tackle antimicrobial resistance.
02 April 2019
The IDEAL study the first large-scale project of its kind to investigate what factors can be targeted to support people to live well with dementia.
02 April 2019
NIHR research into myeloma includes clinical trials testing innovative new drugs which may have therapeutic benefit for patients.