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People with hearing loss are up to five times more likely to be affected by dementia than those without hearing loss. To try to understand this link, national charities have teamed up to invest more than £150,000 into a research project conducted by Manchester researchers.
Continue reading full article: Crucial funding invested to understand link between hearing loss and dementia
Celia Hulme Manchester BRC Doctoral student, a Deaf BSL user and Olivia Joseph, Manchester BRC PPIE Project Manager tell us how and why they developed research’s first Deaf Experts by Experience group (DEEG) in the UK.
Continue reading full article: Making health research more inclusive for Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) community
Most research in the NHS requires NHS Ethical Approval, provided through the HRA. This webinar on 20th June 2019 will give you an overview of the key stages and main considerations you will need to take into account when navigating the complex area of making an ethics application.
Continue reading full article: Manchester BRC Networking and Webinar: NHS Ethics application overview – Thursday 20th June
In her blog for Mental Health Awareness Week (13 – 19 May), Dr Georgia Lada, a psychiatrist with a special interest in psycho-dermatology, considers the psychiatric co-morbidities of psoriasis.
Continue reading full article: Researcher investigates the links between mental health and psoriasis
Celebrating Deaf Awareness Week, and the 100 year anniversary of the Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, Professor Kevin J Munro, Hearing Health Theme Lead, introduces a series of thought provoking blogs by our Manchester BRC Hearing Health researchers
Continue reading full article: Driving improvements in hearing health through life-changing research
On World Lupus Day (10 May 2019), NIHR Manchester BRC Director and Lupus specialist, Professor Ian Bruce, talks about the disease and the work going on in Manchester to improve outcomes for patients.
Continue reading full article: Spotlight on Lupus – the ‘disease of a 1,000 faces’
On World Asthma Day, Dr Stephen Fowler, Asthma Programme Associate Lead, reflects on the current routes to asthma diagnosis, the implications of misdiagnosis and how he hopes our current research will lead to improvements in care by getting each patient on the right treatment at the right time.
Continue reading full article: Why we are targeting a better way to diagnose and treat asthma
Urine testing may be as effective as the smear test at preventing cervical cancer, according to new research led by BRC Cancer Early Detection Programme Lead Dr Emma Crosbie.
Continue reading full article: Urine Test Could Prevent Cervical Cancer