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Using AI to identify hidden heart condition

Published
6 January 2025
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News
Health
Research

Nearly 2,000 people have taken part in a groundbreaking trial that aims to help doctors identify more people at risk of developing a condition that makes them five times more likely to have a stroke.

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Naga Munchetty to deliver 2024-25 Alice Bacon Lecture

Published
6 January 2025
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University

Celebrated broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty will speak about gendered inequalities in healthcare, medical misogyny, and her fight to have her health taken seriously.

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Offering hope for people facing chronic pain

Published
17 December 2024
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Health
Science
Research

A major breakthrough in our understanding of pain has been revealed in a collaborative study, opening the door to new ways of tackling long term pain without harmful and addictive opioids.

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Sound-making tech inspires older people to move more

Published
16 December 2024
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Health
Arts & Culture
Research

Older people are moving more, in playful and surprising ways, after using wearable technology developed by the University of Leeds that senses movements to create sounds and music.

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Sherlock star awarded Honorary Degree

Published
13 December 2024
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University

Award-winning actor, writer and director Mark Gatiss has been honoured with a degree from the University of Leeds.

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Anti-knife crime campaigner graduates

Published
13 December 2024
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University

Anti-knife crime campaigner Sarah Lloyd has graduated with a Masters degree from the University of Leeds - a moment she says she could never have imagined a decade ago.

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Hippos 'vulnerable' as data gaps hinder conservation efforts

Published
12 December 2024
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Science
Research

A new database of African hippo populations has revealed huge gaps in our knowledge of where the megaherbivores live and thrive, with populations fragmented and reliant on protected areas.

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Innovative solutions to business challenges

Published
10 December 2024
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Working with business

University of Leeds students have been praised by industry experts for their creative solutions to real world business problems.