Press releases
Former UN adviser to join Manchester Medical School
The University of Manchester's Medical School has appointed Mukesh Kapila as Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs (Press release: 11 May 2012)
Suicide risk for older people who self-harm
Older people who self-harm are at much greater risk of suicide than both the general population and younger adults who self-harm, a new study has found (Press release: 01 May 2012)
'Uninvited' Haiti earthquake teams neglected medical record keeping
Some foreign medical teams need to improve the way they respond to future disasters, according to an analysis of the devastating January 2010 Haiti earthquake (Press release: 26 April 2012)
Babies' brains are programmed by what mums eat
Study in sheep also reveals why twins are more prone to diabetes (Press release: 02 April 2012)
Manchester awarded £6.2 million to make NHS a safer place
Funds will be used to advance and refine new ways of improving safety in hospitals, GP surgeries and in the community (Press release: 16 March 2012)
Plans for new cancer research centre given green light
State-of-the-art building by the Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) approved by Manchester City Council’s planning committee (Press release: 15 March 2012)
Multimillion-pound health bonanza for Manchester
Manchester researchers are celebrating after securing £12.5 million of Government funding for clinical research in the city (Press release: 02 March 2012)
Gap between Scottish and English suicide rates widens
A new study has revealed the widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland, and England and Wales due to a large extent to the number of young Scottish men taking their lives. (Press release: 09 February 2012)
Director appointed for inflammation research centre
Professor Tracy Hussell has been appointed by the University of Manchester, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and AstraZeneca as Director of the new Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR) (Press release: 08 February 2012)
Better NHS services reduce suicide rates
Researchers at The University of Manchester have for the first time shown a positive link between improvements in mental health services and a reduction in suicide rates (Press release: 02 February 2012)
MS drug prevented fatal heart condition in lab study
Drug used to treat multiple sclerosis may also be effective at preventing and reversing the leading cause of heart attack (Press release: 30 January 2012)
£430,000 study will test new drug to prevent heart disease in diabetics
A drug that removes excess copper from people with diabetes, resulting in improved function of the heart, is to be tested in a national trial led by researchers in Manchester. (Press release: 20 December 2011)
Manchester medic to compete in final of national surgical skills competition
Student Geraldine Klein has won the North West heat of a nationwide surgical skills competition run by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd). (Press release: 13 December 2011)
University partners awarded MRC fellowship scheme
The Universities of Manchester and Liverpool have been awarded funding to support the North West MRC Fellowship scheme in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Press release: 8 December 2011)
£1 million drug treatment study launched
£1 million awarded to investigate the effectiveness of the Department of Health's 'Payment by Results' (PbR) schemes in the treatment of addiction (Press release: 8 December 2011)
New guidance for longer-term management of self-harm issued
Healthcare guidance body NICE publishes new clinical guideline on the longer-term care of adults, children and young people who self-harm (Press release: 23 November 2011)
Talking therapy over the phone improves symptoms of chronic widespread pain
Patients who received cognitive behavioural therapy over the telephone from trained therapists reported a positive impact (Press release: 15 November 2011)
Cervical cancers rise in young women
The incidence of cervical cancer in women in their 20s has risen by more than 40 per cent between 1992 and 2006 in England (Press release: 7 November 2011)
Manchester team picks up Cancer Research UK prize
Researchers from Manchester were yesterday awarded the 2011 Cancer Research UK Prize for Translational Cancer Research at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool (Press release: 7 November 2011)
