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International Clinical Trials Day 2025 - Welsh teams leading advances in health and care research

20 May 2025

To mark International Clinical Trials Day 2025, we’re highlighting the outstanding work of research teams across Wales and celebrating the vital contribution they are making in advancing health and care research.

Cardiff University Recruits First Patient for Groundbreaking SCC-AFTER Trial

16 May 2025

The Centre for Trials Research at Cardiff University is thrilled to announce the recruitment of the first patient in the SCC-AFTER study.

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New training resources launched to support use of health data in clinical trials

16 April 2025

Researchers from Cardiff University’s Centre for Trials Research are helping trial teams across the UK unlock the power of patient health data with a new series of free online training modules.

Health and Care Research Wales funding awards

2 April 2025

Six Cardiff University researchers have been successful in the latest round of Health and Care Research Wales funding awards.

University health and social care research to receive major multi-million-pound investment from Health and Care Research Wales

27 January 2025

Key areas of research to share £39.5m of funding from Health and Care Research Wales over the next five years.

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New research clarifies role of procalcitonin tests in treating paediatric infection

14 January 2025

New research finds that PCT (procalcitonin) blood test does not lower antibiotic treatment duration for hospitalised children.

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Treating bullying as everyone’s problem reduces incidence in primary schools

25 November 2024

The largest UK trial of its kind establishes a new way to prevent bullying in primary schools.

Evaluation of the Family Nurse Partnership Scotland: A Natural Experiment Approach

7 October 2024

A new report on the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP), which aims to help first-time young mothers and their children in Scotland, shows positive results for mothers and babies in areas such as breastfeeding rates, child exposure to second-hand smoking, developmental concerns and child dental registrations, according to a new study by Cardiff University.

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Can adding testosterone to standard Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) reduce menopausal symptoms beyond improved sex drive?

25 September 2024

A new study aims to show whether testosterone has health, social and financial benefits in menopausal women.

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Psoriasis drug shows promise for treating childhood diabetes

30 July 2024

A drug commonly used to treat psoriasis, Ustekinumab, has been found to be effective in helping to treat children and adolescents with type-1 diabetes.