News tagged with: primary-care
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University supports Plymouth’s Dementia Action Week
Organisations across Plymouth are holding local events to encourage more people in the city to become dementia friends
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Using green social prescribing to prevent and tackle mental ill health
Researchers are investigating whether prescribing nature can help prevent and tackle mental ill health.
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Could physical activity help minimise drug and alcohol use?
Future studies are being planned to highlight the role of physical activity in helping to reduce drug and alcohol consumption
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Why physical activity matters now more than ever
Professor of Health Service Research, Adrian Taylor, discusses motivation, exercise schemes, and the future impact on the NHS.
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Empowering people with Parkinson's to manage their own condition
People with Parkinson’s in the South West are being supported to better manage their condition with an innovative new ‘Home Based Care Pathway’.
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£2.5 million to study group treatment programme for people with severe obesity
A team of researchers based in the West Country has been awarded nearly £2.5 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
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Academic takes dementia friendly message to 10 Downing Street
A University expert has met the Prime Minister to ask for his backing to help local councils become more ‘dementia friendly’.
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University partners in £750,000 research project to support remote GP care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic
A joint project between the Universities of Oxford and Plymouth has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council to support the delivery of effective remote care to patients by GPs.
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New trial platform could accelerate cure for Parkinson’s disease
Despite 30 years of research, not a single therapy has been found to successfully delay or stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD).
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University teams up with National Association of Local Councils for groundbreaking research on dementia
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) and the University of Plymouth are to undertake groundbreaking research on dementia in local (parish and town) councils.
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Results of long-term study could help identify children at risk of future type 2 diabetes
Researchers at the University of Plymouth and Nestlé have revealed new insights into the factors that predispose children to developing type 2 diabetes in adult life.
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Project on mental health treatment in deprived areas shortlisted for Mind Media Award
A series of items about antidepressant use on Radio 4's PM programme featuring a collaborative project between the universities of Exeter and Plymouth has been shortlisted in the Mind Media Awards.