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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.
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.
Leeds academics help British Nutrition Foundation develop a guide to portion control
Two University of Leeds researchers have been consulted on a new British Nutrition Foundation project to help guide people to healthly food portion sizes.
Could cancer anti-sickness drug end the misery for IBS patients?
Could a commonly-prescribed anti-sickness drug be the answer for the 1.3 million people in the UK who suffer the pain and misery of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D)?