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New study further supports that age-related hearing loss in patients taking cognitive tests may result in misdiagnoses of dementia

The early and correct diagnosis of a cognitive impairment – such as dementia – is crucial as it allows interventions and treatments that may slow the progression of a patient's symptoms to be quickly put in place.

10 July 2020

Loughborough and Royal Air Forces Association to lead new support programme for UK military veterans

Loughborough University and the Royal Air Forces Association are leading a new project offering military veterans who have issues with their mental wellbeing specialist courses, aimed at enhancing their social resilience and overall welfare.

9 July 2020

Fussy eating – and parents’ stress – remedied by online guide

Parents battling their children’s fussy eating have been given fresh hope thanks to an online resource proven to relieve the problem.

2 July 2020

Swimming makes you hungrier and likely to eat more at the next meal – new research

People often believe that exercise can make you hungrier, so they may therefore eat more during subsequent meals. But for the typical person, single sessions of land-based moderate to high-intensity exercise (such as running, resistance exercise and intermittent sprint cycling) have been shown to temporarily decrease appetite and do not commonly lead to increased food intake on the same day.

25 June 2020
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FEATURE: "LGBTQ people have faced loneliness, job loss and hostility in the COVID-19 lockdown and for some communities it’s been a life or death situation"

“Coronavirus has been labelled as the ‘great leveller’ as it can affect people from all walks of life; on the one hand that’s very true but on the other, it’s a total myth.

22 June 2020
a child exercising with their parent

Joe Wicks got children moving – how to keep them active as lockdown ends

When parents in the UK were suddenly forced to become teachers to their kids in lockdown, physical education (PE) was largely an afterthought. As many PE lessons are now delivered by outside professional coaches, few primary schools had the in-house experience or skills to create and suggest content to help parents.

22 June 2020

Emotional and social characteristics of young children can impact the success of positive feeding practices

Children’s emotional and social characteristics can impact the success of feeding practices used by parents and caregivers.

1 June 2020
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Loughborough University staff are using their skills and expertise to help with the fight against COVID-19

Staff, students and the wider Loughborough University community have been working hard to help protect and assist those fighting the coronavirus pandemic head-on.

28 May 2020

Key workers and vulnerable people struggled to buy basic goods when restrictions and panic buying hit supermarkets – new survey

People have shared their experiences of supermarket shopping following the recent phase of panic-buying and subsequent restrictions, with many reporting problems buying basic goods.

22 May 2020
Thermometer on fire.

Global warming now pushing heat into territory humans cannot tolerate

The explosive growth and success of human society over the past 10,000 years has been underpinned by a distinct range of climate conditions.

21 May 2020
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Survey launched in a bid to understand how coronavirus restrictions affect osteoarthritis risk in over 60s

Researchers at Loughborough University are investigating how changes in physical activity that are a result of the global health pandemic are related to osteoarthritis development and symptoms.

20 May 2020

Five lockdown lessons for helping fussy eating youngsters (VIDEO)

The coronavirus lockdown is forcing new challenges upon families, as well as reinforcing old ones, but encouraging children to eat an array of foods does not have to be one of them.

13 May 2020

Early and frequent exposure to childcare increases the risk of youngsters being overweight later in life

Children who start childcare such as nurseries or playgroups at a younger age and attend for most of the week are at higher risk for obesity in later life, according to a new study.

12 May 2020
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Experts in Sport: How can athletes use this period of lockdown to work towards long term success?

With sport competition across the globe currently on pause, attention has turned to maintaining athlete health and well-being.

27 April 2020

The coronavirus 'Doomsday' clock: Level of recovery after three weeks

For the last three weeks, Dr Jon Seaton, of Loughborough's School of Business and Economics, has been illustrating, via a Doomsday-style clock, where the world is in relation to eradicating the coronavirus pandemic. He writes...

24 April 2020

Research to investigate impact of COVID-19 pandemic on family carers

The experience of family carers during the COVID-19 pandemic will be explored in a new international study by Loughborough University and several universities across the world.

10 April 2020

New study aims to improve the sleep quality of athletes with spinal cord injuries

A research project is looking at the relationship between spinal cord injuries and sleep quality.

9 April 2020

Rapid manufacture of hospital ventilators could cost lives if not properly designed, according to new guidelines

Experts have warned that the rapid manufacture of ventilators by companies with no prior medical technology experience could be harmful to patients.

8 April 2020
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Coronavirus: How to sleep better during the lockdown

We are all facing restrictions in a bid to minimise the transmission rate and impact of COVID-19, but there is no denying that life in lockdown is hard.

6 April 2020

The coronavirus ‘Doomsday’ clock: Are we approaching a period of new hope?

Britain has now moved past 1pm on the coronavirus clock.

6 April 2020

Tracking lifestyles over the course of a pandemic: New coronavirus survey aims to understand more about current and future health and wellbeing

Psychologists from Loughborough University have launched a study which aims to understand the impact of coronavirus on daily life.

3 April 2020
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COVID-19: Evidence-based advice for health workers having difficult conversations about end of life

A Loughborough University academic is providing guidance to clinicians who are likely to be having - and training people who will have – difficult conversations with patients suffering from COVID-19 or those closest to them.

3 April 2020

Global survey launched to measure changes in behaviour in response to COVID-19

A worldwide survey has launched with the aim of understanding how people’s attitudes and behaviours around coronavirus are impacted by official government actions and advice.

2 April 2020
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How health professionals need to discuss end of life situations – during coronavirus and beyond

The coronavirus pandemic has led to many difficult and urgent conversations taking place in hospitals. There will doubtless be many more. Over the last few days, I’ve been drawing together advice about discussing sensitive and distressing topics based on evidence from my own work and from work by other researchers who study real life examples of these kinds of exchanges.

31 March 2020

The coronavirus ‘Doomsday’ clock: How close are we to midnight?

Britain has only just begun its battle with COVID-19, according to a new coronavirus clock which shows the various stages of pandemic faced by countries around the globe.

30 March 2020
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