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UK's first heart pump targets 2018 clinical trial
Posted in Medicine on 25th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller
The UK's first artificial heart pump has moved a step closer to being used on patients, scientists have said.
Cholesterol-lowering jab to help prevent heart disease
Posted in Medicine on 21st Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller
Human trials of a cholesterol-lowering vaccine to help prevent heart disease are under way after successful studies in mice.
Aspirin 'major bleed' warning for over-75s
Posted in Medicine on 16th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller
People over 75 taking daily aspirin after a stroke or heart attack are at higher risk of major - and sometimes fatal - stomach bleeds than previously thought.
Huntington's disease trial test is 'major advance'
Posted in Medicine on 11th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller
The world's first blood test that predicts when someone at risk is likely to get Huntington's disease and tracks how quickly damage to the brain occurs.
Claimed benefits of blood transfusion from teenagers to those over 35
Posted in Medicine on 6th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller
Instead of halting the ageing process, Karmazin says he thinks plasma transfusions actually reverse it.