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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 16h

💪 Why your strength is key to lifelong health

Muscle isn’t just for fitness - it’s vital for staying well, active and independent as we age.

Dr Mark Burton, a researcher at @unisouthampton.bsky.social, helps people understand this through hands-on activities 👇
research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/muscle-...

Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 22h

✨ A UK first in intensive care pharmacy ✨

Meet Cathy McKenzie — now Professor of Intensive Care Pharmacy at @unisouthampton.bsky.social.

In this role, she aims to deliver new advances in pharmacy for patients at @uhsft.bsky.social receiving intensive care 👇
research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/advanci...

Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 1d

Urinary stents help to drain urine from the bladder.

These temporary devices have their advantages but are not always successful.

@unisouthampton.bsky.social’s Ali Mosayyebi has developed a new type of stent that is being trialled at @uhsft.bsky.social and UCLH 🏥

Learn more in just 3️⃣0️⃣ seconds 📽

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 1d

🌟 New trial to improve urinary stent care

A @southamptonctu.bsky.social trial at @uhsft.bsky.social and UCLH is testing a new stent design developed at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social.

It could improve the lives of cancer patients and others who use stents 👇
research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/clinica...

Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 1d

🏥 Helping older people stay active in hospital

Dr Stephen Lim is leading a study training volunteers to help older patients move more while they're in hospital.

Why? To prevent muscle loss from inactivity and maintain strength and independence 💙👇
research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/helping...

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University Hospital Southampton @uhsft.bsky.social · 4d

Baby Elowyn is a new star on @BBCNews 👶🌟

Premature babies are being offered new protection against #RSV this winter.

@BBCSouthNews met Elowyn as they reported on the new jab, resulting from years of clinical research co-led at our hospital.

🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9ned0526o

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Southampton Clinical Trials Unit @southamptonctu.bsky.social · 4d

Using engineering to advance healthcare.

A first-in-human trial has started @uhsft.bsky.social & @uclh.bsky.social of a new urinary stent designed with novel #engineering techniques.

The aim is to reduce infections & improve the lives of patients.

Read more - bit.ly/4mX1Eju

@nihr.bsky.social

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 6d

Meet Chrissie Jones, who looks after children and young people at @uhsft.bsky.social 🧒

She's researching how to better diagnose, treat and prevent infectious diseases, as a professor at @unisouthampton.bsky.social and part of the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre.

Watch her video 👇

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 8d

We have a good 'gut feeling' about the
@ukgibanetwork.bsky.social 🧠🧩

Researchers gathered in #Southampton for the launch of a pioneering new network, co-led by @unisouthampton.bsky.social, to unlock the link between gut, immune and brain health.

Learn more 👉 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/new-col...

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University Hospital Southampton @uhsft.bsky.social · 11d

Great to hear our surgeon Bhaskar Somani speak to Katie Martin on BBC Radio Solent this lunchtime 🎙️🌟

It's official! Our hospital leads the world for #ClinicalResearch into treatment of kidney stones.

Listen back on BBC Sounds from 2:18:30 📻

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002jtk1

#WeAreUHS

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Southampton Clinical Trials Unit @southamptonctu.bsky.social · 12d

Does your child have a diagnosis of #ADHD? Are they experiencing #SleepProblems?

Our study aims to test whether a new website, Sleep Buddy, improves sleep problems in children aged 6-12 years with ADHD.

Find out more and register your interest - www.trial-deck.com/trial/sleepb...

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 13d

🧠 Improving care for people with neurodegenerative diseases

Meet Veena Agarwal - senior research physiotherapist and part of the @uhsft.bsky.social Research Leaders Programme.

She's investigating if tech can detect invisible symptoms 👇
https://www.soar-southampton.org/rlp-cohort-5/veena-agarwal

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 14d

🩸 New hope for blood cancer patients

Researchers at @unisouthampton.bsky.social and @uhsft.bsky.social are using @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social funding to develop a T cell therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia 👇
https://research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/new-blood-cancer-treatment-to-be-developed-in-southampton

Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 15d

🔬 £1.6M imaging boost for Southampton research

Our Biomedical Imaging Unit has secured over £1.6 million from the BBSRC to install two state-of-the-art imaging platforms.

They will help transform our research capabilities 👇
research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/funding...

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 18d

Osteoporosis affects around 500 million men and women worldwide 🌍

What more can be done?

@unisouthampton.bsky.social's Prof Nicholas Harvey has led a landmark @iofbonehealth.bsky.social paper that identifies barriers and solutions to global care.

Read more 🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/southam...

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 19d

Meet our @uhsft.bsky.social Gynae-oncology nursing research team 👩‍⚕️💙

They support patients with gynaecological cancers and help run clinical trials to find better treatments.

From care to cutting-edge research - they’re making a real difference 👏

#WeAreUHS #LeadTheWay

Photo of the Gynaecological Oncology (Gynae-oncology) nursing research team smiling.

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University Hospital Southampton @uhsft.bsky.social · 20d

UHS has been recognised as the world’s leading centre for kidney stone research 👏

Professor Bhaskar Somani and his team have published 205 studies, with 1,854 citations, pioneering safer, faster treatments for patients.

🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/46A23…

#WeAreUHS #HealthResearch

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 20d

Where in the world is most active for clinical research into kidney stone treatment? 🌍

#Southampton, of course!

@uhsft.bsky.social is helping improve care by preventing complications and speeding recovery.

🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/southampton-leads-the-world-in-kidney-stone-treatment-research

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Southampton Clinical Trials Unit @southamptonctu.bsky.social · 21d

Combining immunotherapies could help to tackle treatment resistance in patients with #lymphoma.

Results from the RiVa trial suggest giving two different treatments, one to activate immune cells and one to flag cancer cells, could have benefits for some patients.

Full paper👉https://bit.ly/4pzf7jW

A close up image of an IV infusion bag (for treatment delivery). To the lower left of the image is a blue banner containing the words "Combining immunotherapies could improve outcomes for people with treatment resistant lymphoma". In the top left are the Southampton Clinical Trials Unit and University of Southampton logos.

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 22d

The past two decades have seen a global explosion of research into the gut-immune-brain axis.

There is great energy in #Southampton today for our #GIBANetworklaunch.

Together, we are building a vibrant and diverse research community to fully realise GIBA's potential.

Learn more 👉 www.giba-uk.org

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 25d

🦠 Laser-based tech could help fight superbugs

Southampton researchers have shown a technique they developed can identify the best antibiotic for each patient - in seconds, not days ⏱️

The advance could help cut #AMR infections, saving lives worldwide 👇
research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/laser-b...

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 26d

Detecting dementia sooner can mean earlier treatment, better outcomes, and more time with loved ones.

Check out this inspiring read from @ukri.org on a 5-minute laser blood test being advanced at @unisouthampton.bsky.social and @uhsft.bsky.social 🧠🤝

🔗 ukri.org/news-and-eve...

Five-minute dementia test

Laser-based test could transform early diagnosis.

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 29d

Did you know 1⃣ in 🔟 adults in the UK are affected by sinusitis? 🤧

Patients at @uhsft.bsky.social were part of a trial that found surgery was a more effective treatment than antibiotics.

Read more 👉 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/surgery-to-treat-sinus-disease-shown-to-be-more-effective-than-antibiotics

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Southampton Clinical Trials Unit @southamptonctu.bsky.social · Sep 12

What's the technology behind a new test that aims to detect #PancreaticCancer in its early stages?

Watch @bbctech.bsky.social this weekend as @laralewington.bsky.social looks into the science and speaks to the teams behind the SAFE-D #ClinicalTrial.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

A collage of images of journalist Lara Lewington interviewing researchers and case studies involved in the SAFE-D clinical trial, and an image of a researcher in a white lab coat being filmed in a laboratory.

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · Sep 12

Are doctors at @uhsft.bsky.social "prescribing video games to children"?

Those are the words of ITV News on new eye research.

New games developed at @unisouthampton.bsky.social are being trialled to support children with a rare eye condition 💙

Read the full story 👇
www.itv.com/news/channel...

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