Newswise Location Channel: United Kingdom

Podcast: NFL, the Super Bowl and the future of American football in the UK

Loughborough University — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:05:04 EST

Jo Maher (Pro Vice-chancellor for Sport), Lamonte Winston (Head of NFL Academy at Loughborough) and Steve Hagan (Head Coach at the NFL Academy at Loughborough) talk about the NFL Academy, Super Bowl and the future of American football in the UK.

Nurse home visits have a lasting impact for disadvantaged mothers and daughters

University College London — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:00:00 EST

Nurse home visits to disadvantaged mothers can significantly reduce their rates of hypertension and their daughters' likelihood of obesity, finds a new reanalysis of health data by a team led by a UCL researcher.

Reimagining rehabilitation: Iceland's open prisons offer a blueprint for UK's foreign national prisoners

University of Portsmouth — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:05:52 EST

A new study suggests the UK prison system should learn lessons from Icelandic prisons to transform the lives of foreign national prisoners.

Researchers propose revised scoring system for recognising outstanding NHS clinicians

SAGE Publications UK — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:05:05 EST

A team of researchers has developed a new scoring system for a nationwide scheme, overseen by the Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards (ACCIA), to recognise and reward senior doctors and dentists in England and Wales.

Number of dementia cases could be 42% higher than previously estimated by 2040

University College London — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:30:00 EST

Up to 1.7 million people could be living with dementia in England and Wales by 2040 - over 40% more than previously forecast - finds a new UCL-led study.

Few eligible patients get access to publicly funded weight management programmes in England

University of Bristol — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:00:00 EST

Of the more than 1.8 million adults in England with a recorded diagnosis of being overweight or obesity, only 3 percent are referred to publicly funded weight management programmes, according to a new University of Bristol-led study published today [28 Sept] in PLOS Medicine.

UK manufacturers need more support to help us reach net zero, new report says

University of Sheffield — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:05:57 EST

The UK needs to make better electrical machines and make its manufacturing processes more efficient if it is to reach net zero by 2050, according to a world leading group of engineers.

New study shows increase in Welsh breastfeeding rates during pandemic

Swansea University — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:50:03 EST

A Swansea University-led study revealed breastfeeding rates in Wales increased during the pandemic.

Two in three cosmetic surgery injections in the UK are not administered by doctors

University College London — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:00:00 EST

According to an analysis of the UK's cosmetic injectables industry by UCL researchers, 68% of cosmetic practitioners who are administering injections such as Botox are not qualified medical doctors.

Significant rise in ADHD diagnoses in the UK

University College London — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 11:15:05 EST

Both ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions for ADHD medication have increased significantly over the past two decades, except in children under five, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

Breastfeeding for longer may be linked to better exam results in later life

BMJ — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:00:43 EST

Children who are breastfed for longer appear to be more likely to gain slightly better results in their school GSCEs at age 16 compared with non-breastfed children, suggests a study published online in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Why we need to fall out of love with flaky white fish - study

University of Essex — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:55:56 EST

The UK's growing mismatch between the fish we catch and the fish we want to eat has clear implications for our future food security, according to new research.

UK's poorest children likelier to have less understanding of personal finances, study finds

Taylor & Francis — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:55:51 EST

A new study of 3,745 families from across the UK demonstrates a "sizeable" gap in the financial knowledge of children depending on which socio-economic group they come from.

Longtime UK child neurologist receives Governor's Service Award

University of Kentucky — Tue, 23 May 2023 12:40:13 EST

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) Secretary Eric Friedlander recognized UK HealthCare's Robert J. Baumann, M.D., with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Baumann has worked in the field of child neurology in Kentucky for more than five decades. He was key in establishing the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs (OCSHCN) network of regional medical clinics in Eastern Kentucky.

Rising rates of induced labor need to be reconsidered in the context of the UK maternity services staffing crisis, study suggests

City University London — Thu, 18 May 2023 19:40:51 EST

A new study suggests that increasing rates of induction of labour (IOL) of pregnant women and people in the UK, without considering the accompanying, real-world impact on staffing workloads and patient care, may have unintended consequences.

Accelerated Christian Education textbooks used in UK schools deny human-caused climate change

University College London — Thu, 18 May 2023 18:45:29 EST

One of the world's largest fundamentalist Christian education groups is teaching its students climate change denial as fact, and still presents the theory of evolution as an 'absurd and discredited' conspiracy theory, finds a report by UCL researchers.

Risk of long COVID higher for people living in most deprived areas

University of Southampton — Thu, 11 May 2023 15:00:14 EST

New research led by the universities of Southampton and Oxford has found that the risk of long COVID is strongly associated with area-level deprivation, with the odds of having long COVID 46 percent higher for people from the most deprived areas, compared to those in the least deprived areas.

Research integrity recognized as major problem but new report falls short

Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd — Thu, 11 May 2023 11:00:19 EST

Digital Science welcomes a new parliamentary report into research integrity but says it "doesn't go far enough".

Research reveals majority of gig economy workers are earning below minimum wage

University of Bristol — Wed, 10 May 2023 19:00:00 EST

As the cost of living continues to spiral, a new report shows more than half of gig economy workers in the UK are paid below the minimum wage.

Sexist and impossible standards are still entrenched in UK political reporting, new study finds

University of Surrey — Thu, 04 May 2023 14:30:05 EST

Female politicians continue to be subjected to sexist, impossible standards at the hands of the UK media, according to a new study conducted by the University of Surrey.