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Limiting toddlers' screen time could help prevent obesity
Researchers, including Southampton’s Professor Keith Godfrey, found children in Singapore aged two to three years, whose screen time was...
Dec 14, 2020


Teenagers driving trial of mobile-based asthma support
Southampton’s Breathing Retraining for Asthma Trial of Home Exercises for Teenagers (BREATHE4T) study is assessing the use of an online...
Dec 14, 2020


Doctor's marathon challenge to boost medical training in Africa
Southampton consultant anaesthetist and researcher Professor Mike Grocott is taking on the 2020 London Marathon, raising money to train...
Dec 14, 2020


Anti-viral treatment has potential to protect lung disease patients
Southampton researchers have found boosting a key part of the body’s immune system has the potential to prevent viral infections in...
Dec 14, 2020


Weight change between pregnancies linked to having premature or large at birth babies
Women who lose or gain a significant amount of weight between their first and second pregnancies have a greater risk of complications...
Dec 14, 2020


Southampton researchers trial new vaccine to fight lung disease and save more lives
A new vaccine could protect patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) against lung infections that worsen their...
Dec 14, 2020


£70 million initiative to personalise autoimmune, inflammation and allergy treatment
Southampton researchers are set to be part of a €80 million (£70 million) initiative aiming to better target treatments for the millions...
Dec 14, 2020


Researchers find whooping cough bacteria "lurks silently" in healthy people
Researchers in the UK and Europe have discovered the bacteria which causes whooping cough can “lurk silently” in the noses and throats of...
Dec 14, 2020


Breastmilk supplements help protect preterm baby's weight loss
Doctors in Southampton have found an eight-week nutrient supplement for breastfeeding mums can help prevent weight loss and boost the...
Dec 14, 2020


Southampton helps prevent malnutrition in critically ill across Europe
Southampton researcher Philip Calder, as part of a panel of experts, has produced new European guidelines for medical teams on how to...
Dec 14, 2020


'Dust mite' tablet developed to treat allergic asthma in children
Doctors in Southampton are trialling a new tablet that could reduce the effects of allergic asthma in children with a house dust mite...
Dec 14, 2020


Southampton doctors in world-first trial of new nose drop to fight meningitis
Doctors in Southampton are leading a world-first trial of a new nose drop containing a type of modified ‘friendly’ bacteria that could...
Dec 14, 2020
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