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Raising awareness of Long Covid blue legs symptom

Published
Wednesday 16th August, 2023
Categories
Coronavirus
Science
Health

An unusual case of a Long Covid patient’s legs turning blue after 10 minutes of standing highlights the need for greater awareness of this symptom among people with the condition, new research shows.

Photos showing three pairs of legs of different skin colours

‘No time for complacency’ with COVID-19

Published
Friday 26th May, 2023
Categories
Coronavirus

Senior health experts have warned European governments and institutions against complacency in their ongoing response to COVID-19.

Anonymous crowd of people walking street wearing masks during covid 19 coronavirus pandemic

First-wave COVID-19 linked to long-term depressive symptoms

Published
Thursday 8th December, 2022
Categories
Coronavirus
Health

People who reported contracting COVID-19 early in the pandemic were twice as likely to experience depressive symptoms 13 months later than those who did not, new research has found.

A person wearing a face mask, crying.

Preventing European cancer epidemic 

Published
Wednesday 16th November, 2022
Categories
Science
Coronavirus
Health

Europe will face a cancer epidemic in the next decade if weaknesses in cancer health systems and cancer research are not urgently addressed, say the authors of a major new report. 

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Mary Beard to give latest Alice Bacon Lecture

Published
Monday 26th September, 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture
University

Renowned scholar Professor Mary Beard is to give the latest public lecture in a University of Leeds series celebrating strong women.

Professor Mary Beard will be giving this year's Alice Bacon lecture. January 2020

Can robotics help us achieve sustainable development?

Published
Thursday 23rd June, 2022
Categories
Technology
Global

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Leeds, have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

robot arms maintaining protective netting over green leafy vegetables in an agricultural nursery

COVID-19's toll on global cardiac services

Published
Tuesday 31st May, 2022
Categories
Global
Coronavirus
Health

A major study has revealed the global collateral damage caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.

A heart monitoring device at the end of a hospital bed