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Moderate exercise in middle and older age cuts time spent in hospital

07 May 2020

Men and women aged 40–79 are at significantly lower (25–27%) risk of long or frequent hospital admissions if they do some form of physical activity...

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Coronavirus pandemic: making safer emergency hospitals

28 Apr 2020

Simple, low-cost ventilation designs and configuration of wards can reduce the dispersal of airborne virus in emergency COVID-19 hospitals, say...

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Clinicians in an intensive care unit

Intensive care units in England could run out of beds within two weeks, study finds

24 Mar 2020

Intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy is likely to increase dramatically over the next few weeks, suggests research published by a team at the...

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Ambulance

Admitting practices of junior doctors may be behind ‘weekend effect’ in hospitals, study suggests

06 Nov 2019

Study links the ‘weekend effect’ of increased hospital mortality to junior doctors admitting a lower proportion of healthy patients at the weekend...

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kristin klein

£42m new research institute to boost evidence on improving care in the NHS

31 Jan 2018

A new research institute launching today is seeking to create a world-leading asset for the NHS by improving the science behind healthcare...

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DeepMind acquired the data for software that could send clinicians alerts about patients at risk of Acute Kidney Injury, but the agreement also gave it access to a substantial number of records about unaffected patients.

DeepMind-Royal Free deal is “cautionary tale” for healthcare in the algorithmic age

16 Mar 2017

A study of a deal which has allowed Google DeepMind access to millions of healthcare records argues that more needs to be done to regulate such...

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Post-war advertisement for air conditioning by Carrier

Back to the future of skyscraper design

01 Mar 2017

Answers to the problem of crippling electricity use by skyscrapers and large public buildings could be ‘exhumed’ from ingenious but forgotten...

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Keeping patients safe in hospital

15 Nov 2016

Healthcare is a complex beast and too often problems arise that can put patients’ health – and in some cases, lives – at risk. A collaboration...

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Surgeon

Parent-led tool opens up NHS children's heart surgery data to families

21 Jun 2016

Transparency without accessibility is not enough: stats must be put in context, say researchers.

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Emergency Ambulance (cropped)

Changes to NHS policy unlikely to reduce emergency hospital admissions

29 Jan 2016

Recent changes to UK healthcare policy intended to reduce the number of emergency hospital admissions are unlikely to be effective, according to a...

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Impatiently Waiting

Cancer patients lose faith in healthcare system if referred late by GP

31 Jul 2015

If it takes more than three trips to the GP to be referred for cancer tests, patients are more likely to be dissatisfied with their overall care...

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Hospital-Associated MRSA Bacteria

Zero-tolerance approach to MRSA “unachievable”, study suggests

21 Jul 2014

Analysis of a supposed outbreak of MRSA in a Cambridge hospital raises questions about whether the superbug can be completely eradicated, despite a...

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