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New paper highlights how musical interactions can support relationships for people living with dementia

Researchers from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ have reassessed the goals of music interactions for people with dementia.
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New research reveals link between air pollution and water quality and people having multiple long term chronic conditions

Research from the Healthy Lifespan Institute has identified a new link between air pollution and water quality with multimorbidity.
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Art and academia: Healthy Lifespan Institute members present research at the Festival of the Mind

This year, Professor Ilaria Bellantuono and Dr Lee Pretlove shared their research discoveries with the general public at ºù«Ӱҵ’s Festival of the Mind.
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Early career researchers present findings to public in lecture series

Ameli Vidanearachchi and Haoyang Liu presented their research findings as part of the ºù«Ӱҵ u3a showroom lecture series.
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New paper reveals dramatic implications with using the tibia loading model to treat osteoporosis

Research by PhD student Saira Farage-O'Reilly highlights how the direction of applying external force to the bone dramatically affects the strength of mouse tibia.
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ºù«Ӱҵ Sexual Rights Charter Featured in UN Decade of Healthy Ageing Report

The UK’s first ever Sexual Rights Charter, created by researchers at the Healthy Lifespan Institute at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ, has been featured in the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing Progress Report, 2021-2023.
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Bringing together the UK’s leading ageing research centres

A new consortium bringing together more than 60 leading national centres, institutes, and networks at the forefront of ageing research was launched at Westminster today (20 November 2023).
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New paper: Markers of the ageing macrophage: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This work aimed to collate literature assessing macrophages in ageing, including functional and expression data, in order to draw overall conclusions on how these cells change with age and find potential markers for macrophage ageing.