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Leeds academics find inadequate support for sexual dysfunction in prostate cancer patients
More than 4 in 5 men (81%) with prostate cancer struggle with poor sexual function following treatment for the disease, but over half (56%) fail to receive support, according to new research.
Leeds University research suggests new IVF technique is no more effective than previously available treatments
Treating male infertility using a new IVF technique does not increase the likelihood of having a baby, according to the results of a randomised controlled trial.
Admission time for heart attacks does not appear to increase risk of dying in hospital.
Admission to hospital with a heart attack out of normal working hours does not appear to increase a patient’s chance of dying in hospital, according to a study of over 600,000 patient cases.
Research grant will aid in understanding microbiomes' roles in bowel cancers
Professor Philip Quirke, from the Leeds Institute for Medical Research at St James’s, has been awarded nearly £2.5 million from Cancer Research UK, as part of their new Grand Challenge funding.
Leeds research could see new approach to treating heart attack patients
A British Heart foundation grant to Dr Erica Dall’Armellina at the University of Leeds, is allowing her to continue the study of patients who have had heart attacks.