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Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from more invasive treatment, new research involving UCLH has shown.
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The Sickle Cell Society (SCS) and the UK Thalassaemia Society (UKTS) have worked in partnership with the NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme to engage with communities less likely to access health information through usual NHS channels. The societies provide feedback from people that share the same population background or have experience of the condition and to feed into the programme updates and improvements.
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Acute loss of sense of smell should be considered globally as a criterion for self-isolation, testing, and contact tracing for Covid-19 infection according to researchers at UCLH and UCL.
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Fears that people with high blood pressure are more at risk from severe Covid-19 because it is easier for the virus to enter their cells and tissues have been laid to rest, thanks to research involving UCLH.
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Colleagues, past and present, came together to mark the tenth anniversary of University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street.
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Breathing aids developed by engineers at UCL, UCLH and Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains have been delivered to 40 NHS hospitals across the country.
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The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM) is a centre for evidence-based practice, education and research, specialising in chronic and complex medical conditions. Our mission is to provide a person-centred, holistic approach, including self-care, in order to help people with chronic and complex medical conditions live well and feel better. Our approach considers the whole person and their environment in the quest for optimal health and wellbeing. In order to achieve this, we provide a combination of lifestyle strategies, medical, physical and psychological treatment, as well as advice on safe and appropriate use of complementary therapies. We also deliver and encourage self-care approaches which can continue to be used by patients after discharge. All RLHIM services are outpatient-based and are staffed by experienced healthcare professionals.
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The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), Queen Square, is the UK's largest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital. It provides comprehensive services for the diagnosis, treatment and care of all conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system and muscles. Services include specialist neurosurgery, a brain tumour unit, the Hyper-acute Stroke Unit (HASU), an acute brain injury unit, the National Prion Clinic, a pioneering neuro-rehabilitation unit, the UK's first interventional MRI scanner, the largest specialised neurosurgical ITU and the only neuromedical ITU in the country. Together with its neighbour, the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, it is a major international centre for research and training.
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The National Hospital for Neurosurgery at Cleveland Street opened its doors to patients on 4 April 2016. This brand new centre was developed to provide a new home for our Pain Management Centre, a nationally recognized centre of excellence for people with longstanding pain. Set over two floors the centre has group rooms and consulting clinic rooms as well as procedure rooms.Some multiple sclerosis clinics and outpatient appointments for the National Prion Clinic are also held at the centre.
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This page tells you about the procedure known as a Bronchial Artery Embolisation (BAE).
