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HMC holds 9th Arab Transfusion Medicine course
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) recently held the ninth Arab Medicine Transfusion Course as part of efforts to educate healthcare professionals about blood donor recruitment and address the need for more blood donors in Qatar. This was the first time Qatar hosted the course, which is rotated annually among different countries in order to focus on pressing healthcare issues in each country.
Dr Aysha Al Malki, Administrative and Technical Director at HMC’s Blood Donor Center, Head of the Organising Committee and University of Sheffield alumni said “For this course, we have identified a need for massive recruitment of blood donors in Qatar.”
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Sheffield scientist scoops Lifetime Achievement Award
Sheffield scientist and researcher Professor Wendy Tindale has been granted a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.
Professor Tindale, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Scientific Director at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Science at the University of Sheffield, was given the coveted Beacon Award at the Medilink Healthcare Business Awards 2011.
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How a fish can teach us survival
Zebrafish have a rare capacity to regenerate their own hearts if they get damaged. Now scientists hope to learn from them.
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NICE gives the green light for new heart attack drug
Ticagrelor, a new drug that could prevent one in five heart attack deaths, has been approved for use in patients by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
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Researchers put heart into charity walk
A team of 20 heart attack researchers will put their best feet forward when they take part in a sponsored walk along Sheffield’s river banks
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Sheffield City doctor gets research funding
A doctor from The University of Sheffield has been awarded a Research Training Fellowship of £147,814 from Yorkshire charity Heart Research UK. Dr Alexander Basran, aged 32, will be carrying out research into the links between lung infection and heart attacks.
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Heart Attack Patient Supports Charity Walk
A tram driver from Sheffield who suffered a heart attack and had to be fitted with a pacemaker is urging people to sign up to a new city walk and support the British Heart Foundation.
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Look North profile leading heart research
BBC Look North recently visited Dr Julian Gunn (Senior Lecturer) at work in Sheffeld Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to produce a piece on some exciting research being carried out into heart disease. The piece featured some eye-catching 3D images of the heart.
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One in five heart attack deaths could be prevented with new drug
Robert Storey, Professor of Clinical Cardiology at the University of Sheffield's Department of Cardiovascular Science, presented findings today that confirm one in five deaths in the year following a heart attack could be prevented if a new drug, ticagrelor, was used instead of the standard treatment, clopidogrel.
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Experts prove link between phosphate intake and heart disease
Lowering phosphate intake in humans can reduce heart disease, according to research by experts at the University of Sheffield.
This is the first time the connection between a high phosphate diet and atherosclerosis - the cause of heart disease - has been proven. The findings have been published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (2 June 2011).
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Mum Jo is VIP Guest at Hospital
A Mum living with heart failure was one of the guests at a laboratory open day in Sheffield giving people an insight into pioneering medical research at a city hospital.
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Centre for Biomedical Research Opening
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall officially opened a new £2m Centre for Biomedical Research at the Northern General Hospital on 4th May and described it as an impressive facility which will play a vital part in future healthcare research.
The Centre is a state of the art facility which is ensuring discoveries made in research are used to improve clinical care benefiting thousands of patients with bone and heart conditions.
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Wear Red for Heart - Fundraising Event
Staff and students in the Department of Cardiovascular Science held a 'Wear Red' to work day on Monday 28th February in order to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation.
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Why cycling to work is one of the biggest causes of heart attacks
As any city cyclist will know, riding your bike in heavy traffic can be, metaphorically speaking, a heartstopping experience.
But now research has found that it is literally one of the biggest triggers of heart attacks.
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The Science of Zebrafish
The zebrafish is amazing. It can heal its own heart. Scientists believe they can unlock the secrets of the zebrafish to repair our damaged heart muscle. This is the topic of a new British Heart Foundation appeal which has been launched this week.
Categorised under: University of Sheffield, Cardiovascular Science, Patients, Research and Medicine-Dentistry-Health