Patients receiving low dose steroid at increased risk of cardiovascular disease
08 December 2020 Glucocorticoids are steroids widely prescribed to treat a range of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. While high doses of steroids are known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, the impact of lower doses is unknown. A study published in PLOS Medcine by Mar Pujades-Rodriguez at Leeds University and colleagu es suggests that even […]
New £1.3 million national research programme to evaluate coronavirus tests in hospitals, GP surgeries and care homes
24 June 2020 Testing for coronavirus infection could become quicker, more convenient and more accurate, following the launch of a multicentre national programme of research that will evaluate how new diagnostic tests perform in hospitals, general practices and care homes. Determining who has been infected with the novel coronavirus is a key part of the […]
Blood Test To Speed Lung Cancer Diagnosis is Highly Cost Effective, Study Finds
27th January 2020 A study funded by The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) SBRI programme and led by Leeds University Academic Unit of Health Economics, supported by the NIHR Leeds In-vitro Diagnostics Co-operative (NIHR Leeds MIC), shows that using a blood test in the cancer risk assessment of indeterminate pulmonary nodules is highly cost-effective […]
