NIHR News
Schools alone cannot help to prevent childhood obesity, study finds
15 February 2018
School-based healthy lifestyle interventions alone are not effective in the fight against childhood obesity, NIHR-funded researchers have suggested.
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NIHR In-Practice Fellowships Round 12 competition now open for applications
14 February 2018
Applications are invited for NIHR In-Practice Fellowship awards. The scheme funded by the NIHR Trainees Co-ordinating centre (NIHR TCC) is part of the Integrated Academic Training (IAT) programme set up to improve career pathways for researchers in both medicine and dentistry.
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Arthritis drugs could halve the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
14 February 2018
New research suggests drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could reduce the risk of dementia.
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South West trainee anaesthesia network wins award for enabling thousands of patients to take part in research
13 February 2018
A network of anaesthesia clinicians which has enabled thousands of people from across the region to take part in research has won an award.
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Innovative digital therapy helping patients with paranoia
13 February 2018
A trial for SlowMo, the first digital therapy for paranoia, has been launched in Sussex following trials in London and Oxford.
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Results of 2017 North West London Patient Research Experience Survey released
08 February 2018
In late October and November last year the Clinical Research Network North West London carried out its first Patient Research Experience Survey.
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Dementia care improved by just one hour of social interaction each week
07 February 2018
A large scale NIHR-funded trial shows that increasing the amount of social interaction for people with dementia living in care homes to just one hour a week improves quality of life and saves money.
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£54 million funding to transform health through data science
07 February 2018
Health Data Research UK is awarding £30 million funding to six sites across the UK to address challenging healthcare issues through use of data science.
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Imaging techniques can improve diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and avoid unnecessary surgery
07 February 2018
For people with suspected pancreatic cancer, the addition of a specialist scan provides more accurate diagnosis and can better determine the stage of cancer, avoiding unnecessary surgery, finds research funded and published by NIHR.
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Alzheimer’s patient encourages others to sign up to take part in dementia research
06 February 2018
A retired pottery shop owner with early Alzheimer’s disease has said research has given him a new hope for life.
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Antibiotic resistance in children’s E. coli is high when commonly prescribed antibiotics are used
06 February 2018
Research funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research warns that rising levels of drug-resistance in bacteria that cause childhood infections could render common antibiotics ineffective.
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