News from 2017
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Obesity – are we measuring it the best way?
Staff teaching on this Sports and Exercise Science degree are involved in ongoing research into obesity.
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Expansion of Lancaster Medical School
Lancaster Medical School is to provide 60 more places as part of the biggest ever expansion of the NHS medical workforce across the UK.
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Why hospital staff sympathise with patients who self-discharge
Patients who discharge themselves from hospital should be viewed more positively say researchers, who discovered sympathy for their decision among hospital staff.
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North West Coast Research and Innovation Award for Lancaster
Lancaster University’s outstanding research aimed at reducing health inequalities -undertaken with local authority partners, local people and academic colleagues at Liverpool University - has been recognised by the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards.
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Gifted Lancaster scientist invited to meet Nobel Laureates
Dr Rhiannon Edge from Lancaster Medical School has been invited to the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
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One in four Emergency staff abused by patients
The first ever review of the experience of hospital A&E staff reveals that they have resigned themselves to patient violence and aggression.
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Why so many GPs are at risk of burnout
More than half of GPs are planning to leave general practice says the first look at the recruitment crisis.
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How people’s social encounters influence the growth of epidemics
The first ever long-term study of patterns of social contact in Hong Kong will improve our knowledge of the growth of epidemics say researchers.
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Double award for Lancaster Medical School
The “outstanding” work of two academics from Lancaster Medical School has been recognised by the Royal Statistical Society.
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Diabetes drug “significantly reverses memory loss” in mice with Alzheimer’s
A drug developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer’s after scientists found it “significantly reversed memory loss” in mice through a triple method of action.