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  • PUBLICATION

    ICD - your quick guide

    Booklet, 16 pages, published on 01/05/2014

    This short illustrated leaflet explains how an ICD - or implantable cardioverter defibrillator works and answers some common questions about everyday life.

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  • Portion guide: Beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other proteins

    Follow our guide to see what a portion of beans, pulses, fish, eggs and meat looks like, to help you eat a healthy and balanced diet.

  • 3-minute mindful meditation for stress relief

    Wondering how to reduce stress? This quick mindful body scan meditation can help ease away tension.

  • RESEARCH

    Can a new MRI scan predict the success of thrombolysis for DVT?

    King's College London | Dr Alkystis Phinikaridou

    Dr Alkystis Phinikaridou and her team at King’s College London are working out whether a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique they have developed could help doctors treat deep vein thrombosis (DVT). A DVT is a blood clot that d...

  • RESEARCH

    Developing a new sensor to measure blood flow in blood vessels

    University of Nottingham | Dr Kenton Arkill

    Dr Kenton Arkill and his team at the University of Nottingham are developing a new tool to help researchers measure the force of blood flowing through blood vessels to better understand how blood vessels work and what goes wrong in cardiova...

  • RESEARCH

    Modelling blood flow before and after vascular surgery

    University College London | Dr Vanessa Diaz

    Circulatory diseases are complicated to treat and can vary between individuals. When choosing from different treatment options available, doctors gather information about the shape of affected blood vessels using scans. But these often cann...

  • Research discovers key cause of restricted blood flow to the brain in vascular dementia

    Groundbreaking new research has uncovered a potential route to developing the first ever drug treatments for vascular dementia, that directly target a cause of the condition.

  • RESEARCH

    Finding ways to help people cope after the death of a loved one following a cardiac arrest

    Swansea University | Professor Paul Bennett

    Around two thirds of heart attacks happen at home. The person calling for the ambulance, often a friend or relative, will be instructed to conduct cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). But only around five per cent of people who receive CPR...

  • RESEARCH

    Von Willebrand factor unfolding the clotting process

    Imperial College London | Professor David A Lane

    Following blood vessel injury, platelets are needed to form a blood clot and mend the vessel. Von Willebrand factor (VWF) a ‘sticky’ protein, helps platelets bind to the site of injury. VWF must unfold at the molecular level for this to hap...

  • RESEARCH

    How does blood flow affect new blood vessel formation?

    University of Sheffield | Professor Tim Chico

    Damage to blood vessels can cause serious conditions like coronary heart disease and stroke. Understanding how new blood vessels form, in a process called angiogenesis, and how their growth can be controlled could help scientists devise way...