March 10, 2022 Imperial awarded £11.3 million for early stage clinical research Imperial has been awarded £11.3 million by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to support the delivery of clinical research. The funding is for the NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF), a partnership between Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The facility offers a dedicated and purpose-built space in Hammersmith Hospital where […]
March 7, 2022 Survivors of heart attack plus cardiac arrest at increased risk of early death Patients who survive a heart attack together with sudden cardiac arrest are at increased risk of dying within six years following hospital discharge. This is the conclusion of new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. A heart attack is when blood flow to the heart is blocked, and sudden cardiac arrest is when the […]
February 9, 2022 Portrait exhibition celebrates staff and patients in healthcare research A new series of portraits documenting researchers and patients involved in healthcare research has been unveiled in an online photography exhibition. Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) has launched a new gallery of portraits called ‘Humans of health research,’ showing staff and patients involved in research across the AHSC. Imperial College AHSC is a strategic university-NHS partnership that […]
March 1, 2021 Heart damage found in half of COVID-19 patients discharged after hospitalisation Half of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 have damage to their hearts. The damage includes inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), scarring or death of heart tissue (infarction), restricted blood supply to the heart (ischaemia) and combinations of all three. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, involves 148 patients from […]
November 16, 2020 Patients taking statins experience similar side effects from dummy pills People taking dummy pills and statins experienced similar side effects in a new study. In a clinical trial of 60 patients, led by researchers at Imperial College London and clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, 90 per cent of symptoms experienced by patients whilst taking statins were all present when they took placebo pills. […]
August 28, 2020 Age no criterion for decisions on heart attack treatment, new research finds Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from more invasive treatment, new research has shown. The study, published in The Lancet, draws on data captured over seven years from 1500 patients aged 80 or over. It was conducted by researchers from the National Institute of Health Research Health Informatics Collaborative (NIHR-HIC), […]