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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Research published recently in the journal Osteoporosis International, and led by scientists at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU), University of Southampton, demonstrates that higher income and being married reduced the risk of experiencing a broken bone in older age.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In a study of 189, 838 patients who had broken bones, compared with…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Professor Cyrus Cooper contributes to NHS 70th Birthday Celebrations with overview on musculoskeletal discoveries which improve patient care.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4700″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://www.mrc.soton.ac.uk/web2/files/2013/04/HFD1439_NHS_CRN_VISION_Professor-Cyrus-Cooper_v1.pdf”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although inflammation can arise from infection or injury, chronic inflammation can occur in older age due to ageing processes in the immune system. Higher levels of inflammation in older age has been linked to lower bone density, according to a new study carried out at the University of Southampton.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Scientists from the University’s Medical Research Council…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Just published! ‘Osteoporosis – A Lifecourse Epidemiology Approach to Skeletal Health’, a 14-chapter book edited by Nicholas Harvey and Cyrus Cooper, offers “state-of-the-art” insightful reviews by many of IOF’s leading experts. The book, from CRC Press, provides comprehensive information about the key aspects of skeletal health and osteoporosis prevention throughout life – from bone development…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4687″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]The Paget’s Association introduced an award to recognise hospital (NHS) and university departments which demonstrate excellence in both the treatment of Paget’s Disease of Bone and research into the condition. Currently, twelve UK centres have been recognised as Centres of Excellence by the Paget’s Association and Southampton Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit was…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cyrus Cooper, Professor of Rheumatology and Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit; Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton; and Professor of Epidemiology at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, has been named the winner of the annual Olof Johnell Science Award.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The prestigious Award,…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]University of Southampton Professor Keith Palmer has been awarded an OBE in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to Occupational Health and Medicine.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A former GP and Employment Medical Adviser with the Health and Safety Executive, Professor Palmer completed his specialist training in Occupational Medicine in 1994. He then held a tenured research post…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Researchers from the University of Southampton are calling for greater awareness of preconception health and improved guidance, with greater focus on diet and nutrition to improve the health of future generations. In a new series of papers published in The Lancet, they discuss how parents’ diets and health can have profound implications for the growth,…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]£2.2million has been awarded to Southampton researchers to work with gamers and teenagers to develop computer games to improve health.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Teenagers can be difficult to engage in thinking about their health and their health needs have for a long time been ignored. This National Institute for Health Research-funded programme will support University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation…