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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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COVID-19 Community Involvement Update: Poor communication and lack of practical guidance highlighted as key concerns
The Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC) at Imperial College London are developing research to explore and understand people’s vie...
- 06/04/2020
- Health & Social Care Research, Big Data & Digital Health, Healthy living & wellbeing
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Our very first MenoMeetup
In February 2020 the National Innovation Centre for Ageing held the first MenoMeetup in The Catalyst. We would like to say a huge thank...
- 18/03/2020
- Health & Social Care Research, Women's Health, Healthy living & wellbeing
- Meera Vijayaraghavan
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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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Health Research Matters: Co-production in young people’s health research
To kick off the Autumn series of the Health Research Matters lunchtime seminar series, the NIHR Imperial BRC Patient Experience Researc...
- 07/10/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Children & young people, Women's Health, Healthy living & wellbeing
- Philippa Pristera
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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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Why cheese may help control your blood sugar
Mmmm, cheese – a food as nutritious as it is delicious. Or is it? On the one hand, cheese is an excellent source of minerals like calc...
- 22/08/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Blood & Immune System, Diabetes, 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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Have a 'Good Book' suggestion on personal experience of health & care? Add it to our list
To celebrate World Book Day (23 April) this year, staff from the Imperial BRC Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC) tweeted a list ...
- 17/05/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Culture & Society, Carers, Social Care, Healthy living & wellbeing
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Even light physical activity has health benefits – new research
Most people probably don’t think of everyday activities – such as hanging out the washing or putting away the groceries – as having an ...
- 21/04/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Healthy living & wellbeing
