Local pubs and bars sign up to support Dry January 2018

  • 27th December 2017
Pubs, bars, cafés and restaurants in Bristol have been pledging support for Dry January next…

Screening could catch a quarter of hip fractures before they happen

  • 18th December 2017
Community screening for osteoporosis could prevent more than a quarter of hip fractures in…

Teenagers with incontinence are at risk of underachieving at secondary school

  • 12th December 2017
New research has found teenagers with incontinence are at greater risk of underachieving academically, and…

Scientists successfully demonstrate a new way to help nerve regeneration in spinal cord injury

  • 11th December 2017
A new way of triggering nerve regeneration to help repair spinal cord injury and in…

Twitter can reveal our shared mood

  • 11th December 2017
In the largest study of its kind, researchers from the University of Bristol have analysed…

Real Life with Dementia training wins national award

  • 8th December 2017
A dementia training course for carers in South Gloucestershire, known as Real Life with Dementia,…

New eczema ‘written action plan’ developed to help parents manage their child’s eczema

  • 5th December 2017
Researchers from the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care have developed an eczema…

Suicide and self-harm prevention app launched in Bristol

  • 4th December 2017
A new app to help people who are considering self-harm or having suicidal thoughts launched…

NIHR Clinical Research Network to support broader range of research studies

  • 24th November 2017
The NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) will be extending support into health and social care…

GP online consultations: not the panacea policy makers are hoping for

  • 23rd November 2017
Online GP consultation systems may not be the silver bullet for reducing GP workload and…

‘Best practice’ programme that has helped GPs refer thousands of victims of domestic violence to specialist services announces ambitious plans to expand

  • 21st November 2017
A highly successful, evidence-based domestic violence and abuse identification and referral programme (IRIS – Identification…

Older cars in urban areas not to blame for harmful emissions

  • 16th November 2017
Research for the RAC Foundation has added weight to the argument that scrapping the oldest…