Active Lives HIT News

Bio-entrepreneurship programme launches

  • 12th November 2015
OneStart, the world's largest life sciences and healthcare accelerator programme launches a bio-entrepreneurship programme for…

Evidence shows low energy sweeteners help reduce energy intake and body weight

  • 10th November 2015
Use of low energy sweeteners in place of sugar, in children and adults, leads to…

Heavy smoking may lead to increased waist circumference

  • 21st August 2015
Heavy smoking may result in a relative increase in waist circumference, according to a new…

WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments

  • 15th August 2015
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments at the University of the West of…

HIT conference a hit

  • 2nd July 2015
Bristol Health Partners held its second annual Health Integration Team (HIT) conference on 12 June,…

Summer safety campaign encourages kids to jump for joy

  • 3rd June 2015
Parents across Bristol are being encouraged to teach their children how to use garden trampolines…

Design Together, Live Better: people-led design project

  • 1st June 2015
The West of England Academic Health Science Network, in partnership with Designability, is looking for…

Active Older People HIT review of 2014-15

  • 26th May 2015
Professor Selena Gray and Dr Afroditi Stathi, Directors of the Active Older People Health Integration…

Join Dementia Research breaks 6,000 members

  • 20th May 2015
On International Clinical Trials Day (20 May), dementia researchers celebrated a surge of public support…

Chronic kidney disease website launch

  • 12th March 2015
A new website will help bridge the communication gap between healthcare professionals and patients diagnosed…

Patient flow at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

  • 11th March 2015
As part of an ambitious project to help Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) cope…