Children who live with an adult with a mental health condition or alcohol dependency are significantly more likely to have an unplanned hospital admission, especially for injury and maltreatment, according to a study by the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research (NCPHWR). Cardiff University reports the study, which is the first of its … Continue reading Child hospital admissions linked to adult mental health

A new study by Swansea University academics has indicated that the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank can provide a simple, cost effective way to follow up after the completion of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The study, led by researchers in the Swansea University Medical School and the College of Human and Health Sciences, was … Continue reading Electronic health reports improve clinical trial follow up

A £13.5m Welsh Government, EU and Swansea University backed project that is helping to develop innovative health and wellbeing solutions has been formally launched and celebrated today. The Agor IP project brings together academics, clinicians and businesses to pioneer research into cutting edge technologies and drive commercial success. The Welsh Government reports today’s launch event … Continue reading Agor IP formally launched today

People admitted to hospital in an emergency for alcohol-related reasons are at significantly higher risk of suicide and should be treated by hospital staff in a similar way to people who have self-harmed, according to a new report. The study by Public Health Wales, Cardiff University and Swansea University, who reported on it, found they … Continue reading Treat alcohol-related hospital admissions like self-harm

Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, Vaughan Gething, visited the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Cymru funded research group last week, which is led by Professor Alan Williams at Swansea University. In Wales two people aged under thirty five die every month from an undiagnosed heart condition and around thirty thousand people in … Continue reading Groundbreaking research impresses Vaughan Gething

In newly published research, researchers at Swansea University wanted to find out the associated cardiovascular risks that come with types of inflammatory arthritis, particularly rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis is the leading cause of pain and disability in the UK. The condition typically causes pain and inflammation in the joints, and can affect people … Continue reading Psoriasis and arthritis can increase cardiovascular risks

A new study has shown that people diagnosed with epilepsy in England and Wales are at increased risk of dying from suicide and accidents. Swansea University reports the research was conducted by the University of Manchester in collaboration with Professor Ann John and Marcos del Pozo Banos of Swansea University University Medical School. The research … Continue reading Increased risk of unnatural death for people with epilepsy

A new study has found antipsychotics used to manage autism and intellectual disability behaviour can have serious side effects. Antipsychotic medication is typically licensed in the UK for people with serious mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia. But in recent years, some antipsychotic drugs have been prescribed more and more off label. That is, for … Continue reading Antipsychotics can have serious side effects

Researchers from the Neurology Research Group in the Swansea University Medical School found that exposure to epilepsy drugs in the womb is linked to significantly poorer school test results among seven year olds. Swansea University reports the research, published recently online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, recommends that mothers to be need … Continue reading Epilepsy drug exposure linked to poor school results

Concussion has become such a problem that researchers have now found players are more likely than not to sustain a concussion after twenty five matches in a single season. This rate, which came from an analysis of the 2015/16 rugby union data, was three times higher than the second most frequent injury, thigh haematoma (dead … Continue reading Concussion more likely than not after 25 rugby matches