Transforming the definition and diagnosis of sarcopenia

Sarcopenia is a condition where muscle strength and size fall below critical thresholds as a person ages.
This can lead to a range of major adverse health outcomes including impaired…
This can lead to a range of major adverse health outcomes including impaired…
The conference will take place online on 23 and 24 November 2021. The title for…
MET-PREVENT is a Newcastle BRC-funded study. It will test whether the medicine metformin can…
Róisín Fallen-Bailey (pictured) and Catherine Thomas are the healthcare professionals behind the new animation. The purpose…
Led by University of Exeter, the programme will find new ways to help people…
The Government’s Life Sciences Vision, released 6 July by the Department for Business, Energy and…
Principal Investigator: Professor Miles Witham
Recruiting people with multiple long-term conditions is essential if research studies are to be representative of people cared for by clinical services. Finding the right…
The NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Centre plans to fund a small number of partial scholarships for the Clinical Research with Older People Masters module starting in…
Principal Investigator: Mr Sandip Nandhra
Full title: A prospective multicentre observational study to determine the incidence of frailty, sarcopenia and multimorbidity in chronic limb threatening ischaemia and the associated impact…
Principal Investigator: Professor Nick Reynolds
Full project title: Characterising the dynamic inter-relationships between polypharmacy and multiple long-term conditions. Using artificial intelligence (AI) to map patient journeys into multimorbidity clusters in…