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<title><![CDATA[Yorkshire and Humber research support service receives major award]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has renewed its funding of £5.25m to the University of Sheffield to manage the Yorkshire and Humber Research Design Service (RDSYH) – a collaboration that includes the University of York - for a further five years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:12:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Study reveals pressure ulcer research uncertainties]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new study involving researchers at the Department of Health Sciences has revealed substantial areas of doubt and uncertainty about the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:33:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Funding award for Clinical Research Group as part of the national Mental Health Research Network]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr Liz Hughes has been awarded a grant to convene a Sexual Health and Mental Health Clinical Research Group.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:04:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Learning Disability Student wins national Student Nursing Times award]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jemma Pogson, a third year Health Sciences learning disability student, has won the Nursing Times Outstanding Contribution to Practice Placement Award at the 2013 Student Nursing Times Awards.  The awards are open to all nursing students across the UK and this award is a generic award that spans all fields of practice, across the whole of the UK,  and is an outstanding achievement.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 09:51:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Smoking and mental health' a new report by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Simon Gilbody, Steve Parrott and Qi Wu have contributed to a new report by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:26:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New study suggests social status, ethnicity and maternal age can predict which women are at an increased risk of operative births in the UK]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Independent maternal demographic factors such as social status, ethnicity and maternal age can predict the likelihood of operative births in the UK, according to a new study by researchers from the University of York.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[York nursing students swap uniforms for pyjamas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[University of York nursing students will swap their uniforms for pyjamas this week as they find out what it’s like to be a patient.
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New research to test success of prison drugs initiative]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New research led by the University of York will carry out a detailed appraisal of Drug Recovery Wings which have been established in 11 prisons in England and Wales.
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unsung in his own land, John Snow is a hero who saved countless lives]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Yorkshire Post interview with Professor's Karl Atkin and Hilary Graham about John Snow. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[3 PhD Research Studentships in Health Sciences]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Applications are now invited for three PhD studentships to start in October 2013.

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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[York delegation, including Anne Phillips from Health Sciences, explores health links with India and Sri Lanka]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A delegation from the University of York and Hull York Medical School is visiting India and Sri Lanka to promote new health-focused and academic links with the two countries.
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<link>http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/news-and-events/news/2013/india/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Praise for project to encourage tuberculosis patients to quit smoking]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The BUPA Foundation has awarded a high commendation prize for research led by the University of York into effective ways of helping tuberculosis patients in Pakistan to give up smoking.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ESRC White Rose PhD Studentship - Loneliness and older adults in care homes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Applications are invited for a full-time PhD studentship in health services research, funded through the prestigious White Rose ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (WR DTC) and hosted within the Department of Health Sciences to commence in October 2013.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Research reveals smoking cost to UK economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Smokers are costing the UK economy £1.4 billion by taking an average of two or three days more sick leave per year than their non-smoking colleagues, a new study has revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Professor Simon Gilbody and his team talk to video journalist Andrew Knight for an item on elderly care on BBC One's Inside Out on Monday 15th October.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Simon Gilbody and his team talk to video journalist Andrew Knight for an item on elderly care on BBC One's Inside Out on Monday 15th October.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:50:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Department of Health Sciences helps improve mental health care in Malawi]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The University of York is leading a vital international project to establish community-based mental health care in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:59:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Department of Health Sciences celebrates excellent work of NHS mentors
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<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health Sciences is celebrating the outstanding contribution of NHS mentors to student nursing and midwifery education with the presentation of its annual mentor awards.]]></description>
<link>http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/news-and-events/news/2012/mentors/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:46:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pressure ulcer patients help set the research agenda]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new survey asks patients, carers and clinicians to rate the importance of questions about the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers to inform future research.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:28:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Neck pain sufferers invited to discuss their experiences]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[University of York researchers are inviting people suffering from neck pain to join focus groups in Leeds, Manchester and York to discuss their experiences.
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:27:00 BST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yoga: a cost-effective treatment for back pain sufferers?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Specialised group yoga classes could provide a cost-effective way of treating patients with chronic or recurrent low back pain, according to the UK's largest ever study of the benefits of yoga.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:09:00 BST</pubDate>
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