How does weight loss affect your body?
Important things to know before losing that extra fat Professor Philip Conaghan (LIRMM) was quoted in an article about the affects losing weight …
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Will copper sheets really ease the pain of freezing toes?
Dr Francesco Del Galdo (LIRMM) was quoted in a Daily Mail article concerning bedding products which are designed to boost your health as …
Periodontal disease may be key initiator of rheumatoid arthritis
Dr Kulveer Mankia (LIRMM) presented the results of a study at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Amsterdam, which demonstrated increased levels …
Improved hip testing standard will better predict risk of failure
A new ISO global standard developed by MeDe Innovation researchers has recognised that total hip-joint prostheses need to be tested beyond the ‘normal’ …
Researchers are putting next generation knee implants through their paces
Dr Louise Jennings, of MeDe Innovation, and Ian Revie, of Invibio, discuss how the techniques and equipment designed by MeDe researchers are being …
Leeds hosts international surgeons’ conference
The International Society for Knowledge for Surgeons on Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty (ISKSAA) met for its signature event, the ISKSAA Global Summit, in Leeds …
BRC Researchers Awarded OBEs
Two of the Leeds BRC’s key researchers have been recognised in the 2018 Queens Birthday Honour’s list. Professor Paul Emery, the Director of …
Perfect posture? How sitting-up straight won’t stop your back pain…
Professor Philip Conaghan (LIRMM) says that good posture may have some benefits for older people, but that keeping active is the most important …
BEAT-Lupus trial hits 50% recruitment milestone
The UK’s first clinical trial testing a biological combination treatment for patients with the chronic autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), has successfully …
Newcastle and Leeds Biomedical Research Centres collaborate on cognitive study
Through the NIHR Infrastructure Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (SPARC), Dr David Lunn, Research Fellow at the Leeds Biomedical Research Centre will …