The University of Nottingham

World’s largest respiratory genetics study launches on World COPD Day

Researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester are leading the largest ever study of the […]

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Tags: COPD, emphysema, lung disease, Medical Research Council, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, UK Biobank

New £3m centre to tackle age related illness

The Midlands is to be put at the heart of research into age related ill health […]

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Punched from the Screen – workplace cyber bullying becoming more widespread

Cyber bullying – using modern communications such as e-mails, texts or web-postings – is as common […]

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Tags: cyber bullying, Economic and Social Research Council, Festival of Social Science, Health and Organisations, Institute of Work, mental health and well being, office, school, university

Risk factors predict childhood obesity, researchers find

High birth weight, rapid weight gain and having an overweight mother who smokes can all increase […]

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Tags: adult obesity, baby, breastfeeding, childhood obesity, feeding, Institute of Mental Health, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, mother, NHS Nottinghamshire County PCT, overweight, School of Biosciences, School of Nursing, smoking

University research reveals smokers take 2.7 extra sick days per year

Smokers are costing the UK economy £1.4 billion by taking an average of two or three […]

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Tags: absenteeism, cigarettes, Dr Jo Leonardi-Bee, health, sick days, smokers, smoking, Stephen Weng, The University of Nottingham, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies

MRI research sheds new light on nerve fibres in the brain

World-leading experts in Magnetic Resonance Imaging from Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre have made a […]

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Tags: brain, MRI, myelin, nerve fibres, School of Physics and Astronomy, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre

School hearing tests: are they as good as they sound?

Should every primary school pupil in the UK be given a hearing test and what’s the […]

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Tags: babies, children, hearing, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme, research, School of Clinical Sciences, schools, testing, University of Exeter Medical School

High intensity training — calling all couch potatoes

Could lack of exercise be putting your health at risk? Is it hard to fit a […]

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Tags: Department of Metabolic and Molecular Physiology, fitness, health, metabolism, School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, training