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New trial tests cheap and simple solution for toe osteoarthritis relief

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT

A new clinical trial led by the University of Warwick is testing custom shoe inserts to ease pain and improve mobility for people with big toe osteoarthritis.

New trial empowers women to choose how to deliver big babies

Wed, 07 May 2025 07:00:00 GMT

Published in the Lancet, findings from The Big Baby Trial led by The University of Warwick, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) and the Perinatal Institute, provides crucial new information to help women choose how to safely deliver babies suspected to be large for their age.

Groundbreaking Mammo-50 Trial: University of Warwick and UHCW deliver pioneering study on post-surgery monitoring for women with early-stage breast cancer

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:38:43 GMT

A five-year study, called Mammo-50, that followed women aged 50 and older with a breast cancer diagnosis and surgery has been published in The Lancet. This research, funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), shows that follow up surveillance with less frequent mammograms put the patients at no greater risk and could reduce the stress of waiting for results.

Digital pathology cleared for use in cancer screening programmes

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:17:00 GMT

New research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has led to the UK government approving the use of digital pathology to help speed up analysis of cancer screening samples.

NIHR awards over £100 million to new Policy Research Units

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:43:00 GMT

The University of Warwick is among institutions driving UK health and social care research, thanks to NIHR funding.

£2.5m Grant awarded to establish a West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG) to provide best evidence for health and social care

Thu, 18 May 2023 15:45:00 GMT

A £2.5m grant will enable researchers from the West Midlands region led by the University of Warwick to provide sound evidence to healthcare policymakers, to ensure patients and service users receive the best quality care.

Warwick researchers win two of 12 new NIHR social care research grants

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 13:30:00 GMT

Dr Louise Denne, Senior Research Fellow at Warwick University’s Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) and Professor Jeremy Dale from Warwick Medical School have each been awarded one of 12 new research grants from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for their social care projects.