Stories in School of Medicine

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Researchers from the University of Dundee have made an important discovery that helps explain why south Asian type 2 diabetes patients are diagnosed at a younger age than Europeans and subsequently experience poorer outcomes.

Published on 16 June 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being , Reduced Inequalities

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The potential health effects of passive vaping are to be explored for the first time as part of an important new Scottish research study.

Published on 7 June 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being

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The University of Dundee has been named Scotland’s top university at The Herald Higher Education Awards.

Published on 2 June 2023  Collection: Quality Education

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New University of Dundee research may explain why childhood exposure to adversity, including neglect, can increase chronic pain and harmful effects of powerful opioid pain killers.

Published on 26 May 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being

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The golden girl of British athletics has joined a marathon Scotland-wide initiative to boost medical research.

Published on 17 May 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being

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An international study involving hundreds of Dundee children has found that the most frequently prescribed medication for the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents is safe to use long-term

Published on 4 April 2023 

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The University of Dundee will enable healthcare professionals from across the world to learn highly specialised stroke treatment skills that will in turn save lives and improve outcomes internationally.

Published on 3 April 2023 

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In February, as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approached, medical students Olesia Strelchenia and Viktoriia Zemliana found themselves in completely new territory hundreds of miles away from home

Published on 29 March 2023  Collection: Quality Education

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The University of Dundee is to play a leading role in a Europe-wide project exploring whether artificial intelligence can improve outcomes for patients with high blood pressure.

Published on 29 March 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being

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A researcher at the University of Dundee has been awarded £1.5 million to undertake ground-breaking research into type 1 diabetes.

Published on 28 March 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being

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Researchers at the University of Dundee are to undertake two major studies into a form of chronic pain that affects up to 10% of the population.

Published on 27 March 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being

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Ending performance related payments for NHS GPs in Scotland was associated with a decline in the reported quality of some aspects of care, according to a new paper co-authored by researchers from the University of Dundee and Edinburgh.

Published on 21 March 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being

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Five University of Dundee academics are among the newest Fellows elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).

Published on 21 March 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being , Quality Education

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The University of Dundee has been commended for its support of medical students displaced by the war in Ukraine

Published on 20 March 2023  Collection: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions , Quality Education

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A University of Dundee researcher has been named as one of the UK’s leading women entrepreneurs in recognition of her “game-changing” ideas.

Published on 8 March 2023  Collection: Decent Work and Economic Growth , Good Health and Well Being

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A University of Dundee spinout company specialising in diabetes care is helping Muslim people with the condition to fast safely during Ramadan.

Published on 3 March 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being , Reduced Inequalities

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Scottish patients diagnosed with one of the least survivable cancers were 13% less likely to receive potentially curative treatment in the post-lockdown period, according to new University of Dundee research.

Published on 27 February 2023  Collection: Good Health and Well Being

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The University of Dundee has welcomed two students from Ukraine’s Dnipro State Medical University, who have travelled to Scotland to train at Dundee's School of Medicine

Published on 23 February 2023  Collection: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions , Quality Education