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Academic aiming to bridge the gap worldwide for people in need of basic assistive products
Alice Inman, Programme Lead for MSc Global and Remote Healthcare, attended a World Health Organisation (WHO) summit in Geneva to discuss how simple assistive products such as hearing aids and wheelchairs can be delivered to people who need them most.
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Student wellbeing café is regional first
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/student-wellbeing-caf_-is-regional-first
A café designed to reduce social isolation has been opened at the University's Wellbeing Centre. A first for the South West, the S.P.A.C.E wellbeing café is one of only three in the country.
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Common antidepressant should no longer be used to treat people with dementia, study says
A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia - mirtazapine - is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study published in The Lancet.
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New facility opens to transform brain research in South West
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/opening-of-bric
The Brain Research & Imaging Centre (BRIC) is home to seven cutting-edge human neuroimaging research laboratories to help better understand brain activity and human behaviour.
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Can AI bring a better prediction of responses to chemotherapy in breast cancer?
Genomics and artificial intelligence (AI) are two technologies with the potential to completely transform healthcare. They are part of a drive towards precision medicine, which encourages personalised treatment that actually works for the individual.
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Parents who pass on genetic conditions are likely to opt for prenatal testing in future
Plymouth University news: Having a child with a severe genetic condition will heavily impact on a parents’ decision to have prenatal testing in future, according to a new study co-conducted by Professor Heather Skirton.
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Project providing free dentistry to those in need wins national award
Pioneering work to provide dental care to vulnerable adults has been recognised with a national industry award.
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Healthy living, healthy liver | Research Festival 2020
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/research-festival/2020/research-festival-healthy-liver
University of Plymouth Research Festival 2020. Healthy living, healthy liver – how lifestyle choices influence liver disease. Tuesday 21 January 2020.
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Danielle Edge: teaching the nurses of the future
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/alumni-friends/alumni/meet-our-alumni/health-social-work/danielle-edge
Danielle tells us how studying BSc (Hons) Nursing (Child Health) at Plymouth enabled her to move into teaching.
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Dietetics PhD graduate profile – Ann Ashworth
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/dietetics-and-health/phd-student-profile-ann-ashworth
Dietetics PhD student profile – Ann Ashworth. Find out about Ann's experience at Plymouth University.
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