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University of Liverpool | Dr Richard D Rainbow

Before the menopause, women are much more likely to survive a heart attack compared to men of the same age. They are also less likely to have long-term damage. However, after the menopause, men and women’s risk of death or long-term heart d...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Hugh Markus

When blood vessels feeding the brain become blocked because of furred up arteries (atherosclerosis) or a blood clot, a stroke occurs. In 2009, around 49,000 people in the UK died following a stroke. This research will find out if an epileps...

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King's College London | Professor Giovanni Mann

Supervised by Professor Giovanni Mann, a PhD student is working out if a compound in broccoli called sulforaphane could help to prevent or treat stroke. Professor Mann’s team has discovered that sulforaphane can protect small blood vessels...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but severe disease caused by the narrowing and loss of blood vessels in the lung. People with PAH experience severe breathlessness, even when resting. Patients may need a lung or heart and lun...

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University of Leeds | Dr Al Benson

Dr Al Benson and his team at the University of Leeds are studying whether exercise could help to reduce the damage to the heart that occurs during heart failure, where the heart cannot pump blood around the body effectively. When a person...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Wei Li

Sepsis is a serious condition, caused by infection, which can lead to septic shock. Septic shock is when our own immune system overreacts, and it often has a damaging effect on the lungs, leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS...

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