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Take the Stairs to help cure Heart Disease
The Take to the Stairs challenge aims to get people climbing all 390 steps of the iconic University of Sheffield Arts Tower which stands at 78 metres high.
The gruelling fundraising event will take place on Sunday 24 February 2013 to celebrate National Heart Month.
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Breakthrough could help sufferers of fatal lung disease
Pioneering research conducted by the University of Sheffield is paving the way for new treatments which could benefit patients suffering from the fatal lung disease pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
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NHS study looks at the effectiveness of treatments for heart attack patients in Sheffield
Dr Allison Morton (Honorary Senior Lecturer) is leading a new study at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to examine the effectiveness of treatments for heart attack patients.
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£700,000 funding for heart research in Sheffield
Scientists in the Department of Cardiovascular Science at the University of Sheffield have been awarded research grants from the British Heart Foundation totalling nearly £700,000.
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BSCR Spring Meeting Prize Winners
The Best Poster Prize was won by Amanda Burnett (Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield). The poster was titled 'Regulation of Monocyte-Endothelial Cell Interactions by Neutrophil-Derived Microparticles'
The Young Investigator Prize was won by Abdul Hameed (Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield) with his talk entitled 'Tissue Trail Drives Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling and Its Inhibition Reverses Experimental Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension'
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Heart attack breakthrough: Test could spot cardiac arrest two weeks before it happens
In a landmark study researchers say they have found a blood test that could help doctors identify patients at imminent risk
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Testing treatments in a virtual world
Imagine if your GP or consultant were able to show you, through a computerised model of yourself, the effects of potential treatments on your body.
That’s the vision of the Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Modelling (INSIGNEO), a new research institute set up by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield.
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Sheffield's groundbreaking clinical research is awarded over £3.1 million
Over £3.1 million will be invested in a state-of-the-art NHS Clinical Research Facility at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals to develop new treatments to benefit patients across Yorkshire, the Humber and beyond, the Government announced today (1 March 2012).
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Pioneering Sheffield research launches new drug for heart attack victims
Ticagrelor, a new drug that could prevent one in five heart attack deaths, has this month been launched as a new treatment for heart attack victims across South Yorkshire, replacing the standard treatment clopidogrel for many patients admitted to hospital.
Robert Storey, Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sheffield's Department of Cardiovascular Science and Academic Director of the Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Directorate, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has led UK investigations into the drug for the past 15 years.
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Alan’s road to recovery after his brush with death
Two years ago Alan Powell, then editor of The Star, had a massive heart attack. He was unconscious for six days, his family were told to expect the worst and colleagues at The Star prepared an obituary for their boss. Today, aged 66, having retired and recovered from his heart attack, Alan tells his story for the first time, to The Star Health Reporter Ben Spencer.
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BHF Launch Red for Heart :Take the Stairs Challenge - Saturday 25th February 2012
Fundraisers are preparing to hit great heights with a 20-floor stair running challenge at one of Sheffield’s tallest buildings as part of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Red for Heart campaign.
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Sheffield Hospitals to work on prestigious heart failure research project
Researchers in Sheffield have been given an important grant to trial state-of-the-art computer modelling systems that could provide a breakthrough in the treatment of patients with heart failure.
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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.
Categorised under: University of Sheffield, Cardiovascular Science, Research and Medicine-Dentistry-Health