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Research carried out at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), University of Exeter, has concluded that it would be a safe and cost-effective strategy to screen people with type 2 diabetes who have not yet developed diabetic retinopathy, for the disease once every two years instead of annually. The research is supported by [...]
The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry Graduate School, in association with Nutramigen and the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, is hosting the first Cornwall Allergy Day on 18th May at the Headland Hotel, Newquay. The day is aimed at GPs, specialist nurses and hospital doctors with an interest in allergy. It will [...]
Exercise in the open air is good for you, but if you want to reap the full benefits you should head for the coast or the countryside rather than an urban park. That is the conclusion of research by Katherine Ashbullby and Dr Mathew White from the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH), [...]
The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD) is one of just eight health research institutions in England to be chosen as a collaborator in the new National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Public Health Research. The new School aims to build closer relations between researcher and public health practitioners. It will place [...]
Professor Liz Kay, Foundation Dean, Peninsula Dental School, is the most influential woman in the dental profession, according to the Dentistry Top 50 league table. Professor Kay has come fourth in the league table, which is the annual indicator of ‘movers and shakers’ in dentistry. She last appeared in the Top 50 in 2009 when [...]
A team of academics led by the European Centre for Environment & Human Health (part of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry) has received funding for a new 12 month project that will examine the effects of sight loss on physical activity in older adults. The research award has been given by the Thomas [...]
Recently, countries from across the world convened at the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss ways of improving happiness and wellbeing. The resolution was led by the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan and featured academic and political leaders from across the world, all attempting to realise the vision of an economic policy that embraces [...]
Professor John Campbell and his team from Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry have led the General Medical Council (GMC)-commissioned five-year research relating to the use of patient and colleague questionnaires for the purposes of doctor revalidation. Professor Campbell and his team have worked with around 1,450 doctors and received commentary on those doctors’ performance [...]
In January a research team from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry reported the first systematic review of findings related to the risk factors associated with a difference in blood pressure between arms. The first study, which was published in The Lancet, suggested that a difference of more than 10mmHg or 15mmHg in systolic [...]
An open day organised by the Peninsula NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is to give members of the public the opportunity to see at first hand how they can play a part in local health research. Taking place at the Peninsula CRF, Barrack Road, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital on Friday 9th March, visitors will [...]
