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A new study from the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ and the University of Oxford reveals a breakthrough for sportsmen and women in the treatment of Achilles tendon rupture. Researchers found that early walking in a brace provides similar outcomes to plaster casting with no increase in the risk of complications, paving the way for a big change in the way that patients are treated.

A new tool to help carers manage the daily challenges of life when caring for a friend or loved one has been presented to the Minister of State for Care at Westminster. Professor Jeremy Dale of the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ has met with Caroline Dinenage MP from the Department of Health and Social Care to demonstrate Care Companion, a new online support tool developed by ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Medical School to support people with caring responsibilities across ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵshire and Coventry.

A University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ scientist is to receive €150,000 further to develop research into storing and transporting biologics by ‘freezing’ them.

Child malnutrition in Mauritius, and across Sub Saharan Africa, could be monitored more accurately and quickly, thanks to simple mobile-based data collection forms, according to new research by the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, UK.

The resurgence of Malaria in high risk areas calls for new methods to combat the potentially dangerous situation. A collaboration between researchers at the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have found adding a barrier above a bednet can significantly improve the bednet’s performance, reduce the quantity of insecticide while expanding the range of insecticides that can be safely delivered via a bednet.

Vitamin B12 deficiency impairs fat metabolism and may be associated with obesity during pregnancy, according to findings presented by a University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ researcher at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference.