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Usability testing of coronavirus antibody kits: From a Zoom call with the public to a study of 14,400 people
When Imperial College was approached to run a programme of antibody testing that could estimate how many people in England had already ...
- 28/08/2020
- Health & wellbeing, Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Big Data & Digital Health, Blood & Immune System, Infectious diseases
- Philippa Pristera
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Virtual Research Engagement
Experts funded by the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) engaged audiences across the country with the first Faculty of Me...
- 04/06/2020
- Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Bones, Joints & Muscles, Healthy living & wellbeing
- Charlie Wilkinson
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Unequal Ageing: Responding to health inequalities in later life
Thank you all for coming along to our first Research and Innovation matters event of 2020. Unequal Ageing: Responding to health inequal...
- 19/02/2020
- Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Big Data & Digital Health, Carers, Healthy living & wellbeing, Social Care
- Charlie Wilkinson
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Older people's experiences of mental health and dementia services
Healthwatch North Tyneside is the independent champion for people who use health and social care services in North Tyneside. Their purp...
- 17/09/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Social Care, Dementia, Brain & Mind
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Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+
To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world's "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live with vim ...
- 29/08/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Healthy living & wellbeing
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Anger linked to illness in old age
Not all negative emotions are necessarily bad. In fact, they can direct your behaviour in useful ways. If you’re stuck in traffic and r...
- 28/08/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Brain & Mind, Healthy living & wellbeing
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Here comes the sun
By Martin GallerVOICE Knowledge Exchange Intern Sipping on a cocktail or enjoying an ice-cream-feet up, and soaking up the sun. You ca...
- 25/07/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Cancer, Ageing, Skin, Healthy living & wellbeing
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More than 1m childless people over 65 are 'dangerously unsupported'
More than 1 million people aged over 65 without children are “dangerously unsupported”, and at acute risk of isolation, loneliness, poo...
- 03/07/2019
- Culture & Society, Ageing, Carers, Social Care, Healthy living & wellbeing
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Is access to healthcare fair?
Knowledge Exchange Intern for VOICE What is the first thing that comes mind when you think about living a healthier life as an older a...
- 25/06/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing, Ageing
- Hulian Zhang
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Addressing elder abuse
By Hulian Zhang Knowledge Exchange Intern for VOICE As a society, discussion and change has, quite rightly, started around domesti...
- 15/06/2019
- Culture & Society, Ageing
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Older women exploited by IVF clinics, says fertility watchdog
Older women are being exploited by IVF clinics "trading on hope", the fertility watchdog has warned. Sally Cheshire, chairwoman of the...
- 20/05/2019
- Women's Health, Ageing
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Housework could keep brain young, research suggests
Even light activity such as household chores might help to keep the brain young, researchers say, adding to a growing body of evidence ...
- 19/05/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Brain & Mind
