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“I wholeheartedly support clinical research. I wouldn’t be here enjoying an active life if it wasn’t for health research.”
Jane Owen, retired physiotherapist and Patient Research Ambassador
We are here to help you find out about health and social care research that is taking place across the UK.
“I wholeheartedly support clinical research. I wouldn’t be here enjoying an active life if it wasn’t for health research.”
Jane Owen, retired physiotherapist and Patient Research Ambassador
“Unless we try things out we’d never get to know what would work”.
Stephen Burgess, rare cancer trial participant.
“Harry was well looked after, carefully monitored, and we felt supported by the staff every step of the way.”
Stephanie George and Lee Murdoch whose newborn son Harry took part in a study.
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A four week online course which is delivered free of charge, explains how medical treatments are discovered, tested and evaluated to improve healthcare for all. The next course starts from the 7 October 2019 and can be completed at your convenience.
Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young onset dementia at the age of 58. She is the author of Sunday Times Bestseller 'Somebody I Used to Know' and regularly blogs for the British Medical Journal. Wendy travels throughout the UK to talk about her involvement in research and encouraging others to do the same.
'Common drug could prevent thousands of injury deaths' reports the Guardian on a study looking at head injury treatment in 29 countries
"Smoking just a few cigarettes a day can damage your lungs a study has found," Mail Online reports.
In adults after major surgery, high-flow nasal oxygen decreases by about two-thirds the need for reintubation compared with conventional oxygen therapy. In this study, only about four in every 100 patients needed reintubation with high-flow nasal oxygen, compared with about 11 in every 100 patients receiving conventional oxygen therapy. This review evaluated seven randomised and three non-randomised studies in 1,327 adult patients recovering from surgery under a general anaesthetic. Most of the patients were at high risk of reintubation. As well as reducing reintubation, high-flow nasal oxygen may also reduce the need for additional respiratory support, but the evidence for this is not as strong. There was no difference between high-flow nasal and conventional oxygen therapies in the risk of postoperative lung complications or death. It remains to be determined which patient groups are most likely to benefit most from this therapy.