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People with asthma in deprived areas have worse outcomes, study reveals
Feb 17 2021
People with asthma in the most deprived areas are 50% more likely to be admitted to hospital and to die from asthma compared with those in the least deprived areas, a new five-year study of over 100,000 people in Wales has revealed.
Those from more deprived backgrounds were also found to have a poor balance of essential asthma medications that help prevent asthma attacks.
The new research, published in the journal
PLOS Medicine, was conducted by Swansea University s Wales Asthma Observatory in collaboration with Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research and Liverpool University, and found that people with asthma in deprived areas of Wales have worse outcomes.
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Millions of students around the world could benefit if their educators adopted a more flexible and practical approach, say Swansea University experts.
After analysing the techniques current being used in higher education, the researchers are calling for a pragmatic and evidence-based approach instead.
Professor Phil Newton, director of learning and teaching at of Swansea University Medical School, said: Higher education is how we train those who carry out important professional roles in our society. There are now more than 200 million students in HE worldwide and this number is likely to double again over the next decade.
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A brain pressure disorder that especially affects women, causing severe headaches and sometimes permanent sight loss, has risen six-fold in 15 years, and is linked to obesity and deprivation, a new study by Swansea University researchers has shown.
Rates of emergency hospital admissions in Wales for people with the disorder were also five times higher than for those without.
The condition is called idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). It causes increased pressure in the fluid surrounding in the brain. This can lead to severely disabling headaches as well as vision loss, which can be permanent.
The research team, from Swansea University Medical School, used anonymised health records of Welsh patients held in the SAIL databank, a national healthcare database managed by the University. They analysed 35 million patient years of data from 2003 to 2017. They identified 1,765 people with IIH during that time, 85% of whom were women.
Record number of Medical Students learning Welsh
Graduate Entry Medical (GEM) students follow weekly Welsh classes
A record number of Swansea University Medical Students are learning Welsh thanks to a new course for beginners, developed by Learn Welsh Swansea Bay Region, which is based in Academi Hywel Teifi.
Sixty-two students on the University’s flagship Graduate Entry Medical (GEM) course have been following weekly classes in virtual classrooms, with the aim of improving their communication skills in order to better support Welsh-speaking patients.
The course introduces vocabulary and language patterns relevant to the medical profession and aims to enthuse the students, who will all attend placements across Wales as part of their four-year GEM course.