The University of Nottingham

How new technology could help people with mental health disorders

People with serious mental health problems and developmental disorders like ADHD, Tourette’s and autism could soon […]

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Tags: ADHD, autism, cognitive neuroscience, Institute for Mental Health, mental health issues

Transforming the diagnosis of equine colic

Colic is the number one killer of horses. But one of the difficulties faced by vets […]

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Tags: equine colic, fatal condition, hrses, killer, vet

Passive smoking doubles risk of disease linked to meningitis in children

University of Nottingham researchers have been involved in a new study showing that exposure to second-hand […]

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Tags: children, illness, maternal smoking, meningococcal disease, passive smoking, second-hand smaoke, tobacco

Sleeping pills can increase the risk of pneumonia

There has been a call for more research into the effects of a class of commonly […]

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Tags: benzodiazepines, epidemiology, increased risk, lung disease, pneumonia, public health, sleeping pills

‘Smart’ genes put us at risk of mental illness

Humans may be endowed with the ability to perform complex forms of learning, attention and function […]

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Tags: Advanced Data Analysis Centre, attention, DNA, function, genes, learning, mental illness, Nature Neuroscience, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, synapse

Advice needed for parents on risk of poisoning in toddlers, research says

GPs and other primary care professionals need to warn parents about safely storing medicines and other […]

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Tags: British Journal of General Practice, GP, medicine, poisoning, School of Community Health Sciences, toddlers

New research into emergency admissions for lung cancer

Researchers from The University of Nottingham are to investigate why more than a third of lung […]

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Nottingham researchers in Alzheimer’s risk gene discovery

Researchers from Nottingham have played their part in the discovery of a rare genetic mutation that […]

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Tags: Alzheimer's, ARUK, genetics, MRC, mutation, Wellcome rust