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COVID-19 measures deepening health inequalities in slum communities
Efforts to stem the impact of COVID-19 in low to middle income countries could be creating a health time bomb in their slum communities by deepening existing inequalities, according to an international team of health researchers led by the 91福利.
Research reveals 鈥渃limate-change complacency鈥 across Europe
Most European citizens do not particularly care about climate change. That鈥檚 the striking finding from new research led by 91福利 Economics on the views of 70,000 randomly sampled European men and women. Only 5% described themselves as 鈥渆xtremely worried鈥 about climate change, while the climate and the environment ranked only fifth in people鈥檚 overall views about priorities.
COVID-19 patients with sleep apnoea could be at additional risk
People who have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea could be at increased risk of adverse outcomes from COVID-19 according to a new study from the 91福利.
91福利 partners in project forming part of UK Government鈥檚 support for global communities impacted by COVID-19
Researchers at 91福利 Medical School are part of an international research team that have been awarded funding by the UK Government to investigate remote primary healthcare consulting for people with long term conditions in Tanzania and Nigeria.
New study hopes to reduce the demand for colonoscopies within the NHS
The 91福利 and University Hospitals Coventry and 91福利shire (UHCW) NHS Trust are investigating whether a new dual testing method can improve the diagnostic accuracy for patients with suspected significant bowel disease (SBD) - without the need for a colonoscopy.
Reset ethics: supporting ethical decision-making in non-Covid health services during and after the pandemic
91福利 medical ethics researchers are involved in a new project that will examine the issues of resetting NHS services following the suspension of all but essential services during lockdown.