Earlier diagnosis of dementia in patients
NIHR Dementia TRC enables expansion of recruitment to assess the accuracy of the digital tool CognoSpeak
- Published: 13 March 2024
NIHR Dementia TRC enables expansion of recruitment to assess the accuracy of the digital tool CognoSpeak
Use of new software developed with NIHR funding is identifying more patients at high risk of early heart disease and heart attacks. Earlier diagnosis and treatment are saving lives and shaping healthcare policy.
The relationship between climate and health is complex and diverse. Our award-holders are working with policymakers to develop resilient health systems within the global context of climate change.
Routes to Wellness is an NIHR-funded project which aims to co-design a peer support model for improving the mental health and wellbeing of refugees.
In the biggest cystic fibrosis trial in the UK, NIHR-funded research has shown that a personalised web platform, CFHealthHub, could markedly increase adherence to treatment.
“Food, with Care” is creating a new groundbreaking food philosophy that will influence all aspects of how the new hospital is created and used; from the physical building to the way patients, families and staff access food.
Find out how the NIHR CLEAN-Air Africa Unit is working with governments to address the threats from household air pollution, improving health and reducing damage to the environment.
An NIHR-funded evaluation showed referring people with pre-diabetes to the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme cut their risk of progressing to diabetes by 20%.
Dr. Katherine Kirk writes about her work with embedded researchers and ways to make sure research findings are applied to the real world.
Chinnu shares her story of balancing working in research with raising a family.
Frankie shares her research journey as an NHS clinician and how much she is enjoying her career after returning from maternity leave.
The CAP-IT trial of antibiotic use in young children with pneumonia has delivered practice-changing results, showing the length of treatment can be reduced.
The potential of psilocybin to treat a range of mental health conditions has gained increasing recognition. Central to the progress in this area is the partnership of King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust with life sciences company Compass Pathways. This partnership was enabled through the support of the NIHR.
An NIHR Clinician Scientist award supported Professor Angus Jones and his colleagues in developing convenient tests to confirm patients’ diabetes diagnosis.
Improving mental health interventions in LMICs
An artificial pancreas developed by NIHR-supported researchers and recommended by NICE is changing the lives of people with type 1 diabetes.
Learn how the NIHR is supporting a global pharma company to engage directly with patients to ensure its programme of breast cancer research is patient-focussed.
Learn how Dr Rebecca Clark portrays the value of primary care settings through her extensive delivery of commercial clinical trials in her GP practice.
Take a look at how our Patient Recruitment Centres prioritise the participants’ experience to support excellent patient retention rates.
Researchers are changing the course of continence care for people living with dementia in hospital after finding usual care cultures promote incontinence.
The global challenge of drowning prevention
Researchers found that a high-sensitivity blood test ruled out heart attacks in patients with chest pain, allowing many to be discharged from hospital.
Diya Vaid is a first-year PhD student at the Ear Institute, University College London. In this piece, Diya describes what her work involves and why she enjoys working in research.
A targeted health programme has been shown by NIHR-funded researchers to increase short-term activity levels among heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers, paving the way to improve their health and wellbeing.
Researchers have shown that a simple, low-cost change of gloves and instruments during surgery can reduce life-threatening surgical site infections.