Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Health and Life Sciences has around 380 members of staff in the Faculty, organised into four Schools: The Schools of Allied Health Sciences, Applied Social Sciences and Leicester School of Pharmacy are located in the Hawthorn Building on the City Campus; The School of Nursing and Midwifery is located on the Charles Frears campus, which is situated some two miles from the City Campus in Leicester. The faculty grouping allows the academic schools to collaborate across the subject boundaries in teaching, consultancy and research. Students in this area have an enquiring mind, good analytical skills, and are concerned about the health and welfare of others.
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Changing Fertility Landscapes: Exploring the Reproductive Routes and Choices of Fertility Patients from China for Assisted Reproduction in Russia
(Article)Global reproductive landscapes and with them cross-border routes are rapidly changing. This paper examines the reproductive routes and choices of fertility travellers from China to Russia as reported by medical professionals ... -
Self-assembling peptides as an emerging platform for the treatment metabolic syndrome
(Article)Metabolic syndrome comprises a cluster of comorbidities that represent a major risk of developing chronic diseases, such as type II diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and stroke. Alarmingly, metabolic syndrome reaches ... -
Stigma in relation to families living with parental mental illness: An integrative review
(Article)Stigma is a pervasive social mechanism with negative ramifications for people who experience mental illness. Less is known about the stigma experiences of families where a parent has a mental illness. This review aims to ... -
Engaging community pharmacists in quality improvement (QI): a qualitative case study of a partnership between a Higher Education Institute and Local Pharmaceutical Committees
(Article)Background Quality improvement (QI) involves the use of systematic tools and methods to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients. However, awareness and application of QI among healthcare professionals is poor ... -
The Mycobactin Biosynthesis Pathway: A Prospective Therapeutic Target In The Battle Against Tuberculosis
(Article)The alarming rise in drug-resistant clinical cases of tuberculosis (TB) has necessitated the rapid development of newer chemotherapeutic agents with novel mechanisms of action. The mycobactin biosynthesis pathway, ... -
Report on the Proposals for Maternity Services in the Building Better Hospitals For the Future Public Consultation
(Technical Report)The report sets out the proposals for maternity services, and the key stated drivers, contained in the Building Better Hospitals For the Future Consultation in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The report provides an ... -
Counselling and psychotherapy service use in Chinese sexual minority populations: a nationwide survey
(Article)Background This study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with counselling and psychotherapy service use among Chinese sexual minority populations. Methods A nationwide cross-sectional study was performed ... -
Further Empirical Evidence on Patrick Hughes’ Reverspectives: A Pilot Study
(Article)Reverspectives are paintings created by the English artist Patrick Hughes. They are 3D structures, for example, pyramids or prisms, which elicit an illusory depth perception that corresponds to the reverse of the physical ... -
The rhetorical use of the threat of the far‐right in the UK Brexit debate
(Article)While attention has been given to understanding support for the far‐right, there is a lack of focus on the way in which a threat of the far‐right can be used for political ends. This paper addresses this using the UK Brexit ... -
Sickle Cell and Wellbeing in NHS Services
(Other)This guide is based on research examining the shielding experiences of people with sickle cell disorders (SCD) and parents of children with the condition during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim was to improve NHS services ... -
Improving young children’s handwashing behaviour and understanding of germs: The impact of A Germ’s Journey educational resources in schools and public spaces
(Article)Context: Effective handwashing can prevent the spread of germs, including Covid-19. However, young children can lack a fundamental understanding of germ transfer. A Germ’s Journey educational resources were designed to ... -
Ethical care during COVID-19 for care home residents with dementia
(Article)The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on care homes in the UK, particularly for those residents living with dementia. The impetus for this paper comes from a recent review conducted by the authors. That review, ... -
The role of exposure to violence, burnout and self-efficacy on the life satisfaction of clinical staff in a secure mental health hospital
(Conference)Background: Increased burnout and decreased psychological wellbeing, such as life-satisfaction, of clinical mental health staff in secure mental health settings, is a continuing issue. To understand the most appropriate ... -
Forensic Psychologists
(Book)This book explores how forensic psychology has come to inhabit a central unifying discursive presence in the life world of modern carceral institutions. Providing a sociological and qualitative account of forensic practitioner ... -
A therapeutic update on PARP inhibitors: implications in the treatment of glioma
(Article)Central nervous system (CNS) cancers are among the most aggressive and devastating. Furthermore, because of the lack of neuro-oncologists and neurosurgeons in many parts of the world, the specialized treatment ... -
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion (ADME) of Dietary Flavones and Their Glycosides
(Conference)Epidemiological studies have long indicated a possible role for dietary flavonoids, notably flavones and flavonols, in the prevention of a range of degenerative diseases, e.g. cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and ... -
Cannabidiol and cannabigerol inhibit spontaneous contractions in the mouse isolated uterus
(Conference)Background and Purpose: The production of endocannabionoids andthe presence of cannabinoid receptors in mouse uterus havepreviously been reported (Pagano et al., 2017). Furthermore, we havereported how uterine tissue ...
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