Category: News
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Southampton researcher joins UK Royal Osteoporosis Society Board of Trustees
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Professor Nicholas Harvey, Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU), University of Southampton, and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, University Hospital Southampton, has been appointed as a Clinical Trustee of the UK Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS, formerly the National Osteoporosis Society). Prof Harvey, who also serves as Vice-Chair of…
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MRC LEU researchers at the Royal Osteoporosis Society launch
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Professor Cyrus Cooper, Professor Nicholas Harvey, and Doctors Beth Curtis and Michael Clynes all represented the work of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU), University of Southampton, at the launch of the Royal Osteoporosis Society (previously the National Osteoporosis Society) at the Science Museum, London, February 13. The event, attended by HRH Duchess of…
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Awards for MRC LEU investigators at 2018 National Osteoporosis Society Annual Conference
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many congratulations to Drs Beth Curtis, Millie Parsons, Michael Clynes and Nick Fuggle on winning prestigious Young Investigator Awards for the outstand quality of their submitted work at the 2018 National Osteoporosis Society Annual Conference, which took place in Birmingham 2-4 December. The investigators, who are all based the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU),…
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Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy leads to altered gene signals in the baby
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy can change the way a baby’s genes behave, linked with a baby’s bone health, a new University of Southampton study has shown.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (LEU) and the Institute of Developmental Sciences at the University of Southampton, part of the EpiGen Consortium, investigated whether…
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WORLD OSTEOPOROSIS DAY – The silent epidemic facing us all.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4783″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]By Prof Richard Oreffo October 20th is World Osteoporosis Day – an opportunity to raise global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. We live in exciting and yet challenging times. Life expectancy for men and women will see many reach their eighth and ninth decades. Indeed, my daughters,…
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Muscle weakness costs the UK £2.5 billion
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]UK health and social care costs due to muscle weakness amount to around £2.5 billion according to a new study carried out at the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton. Scientists from the Botnar Research Centre (University of Oxford) and the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU, University of Southampton) examined…
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Professor Cooper delivered Memorial Lecture at Academy of Medicine, Singapore; meets UK High Commissioner, Mr Scott Wightman; and gives BBC World News Interview.
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Professor Cyrus Cooper, Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton, last week delivered the keynote address at the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, on ‘Osteoporosis – from paediatric days to geriatric times’.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”4769″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_margin=”page_margin_top_section”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”4770″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]During the visit he was…
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Osteoporosis may not be prevented with vitamin d supplements, says study
A recent article in the Telegraph online featured a Unit Vitamin D study. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/04/osteoporosis-may-not-prevented-vitamin-d-supplements-says-study/
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MRC Festival of Medical Research: Hertfordshire Cohort Study Open Day
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Saturday June 23rd 2018 we were delighted to host our Hertfordshire Cohort Study Open Day at Harpenden Public Halls as part of the MRC Festival of Medical Research. We were thrilled to see so many of our cohort participants again and to meet their spouses, friends, children and grandchildren. We are currently recruiting participants…
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International state of the art musculoskeletal science at the 2018 Bone Research Society Annual Scientific Meeting, hosted by University of Southampton researchers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Co-chaired by Dr Kate Ward and Professor Nicholas Harvey, joined on the Local Organising Committee by the University of Southampton’s Dr Claire Clarkin, Professor Richard Oreffo and Professor Cyrus Cooper, this year’s Bone Research Society Annual Scientific Meeting was a huge success. 222 delegates attended the conference, hosted at the University of Winchester, for 3…