News from November 2014
Medical technology designers to face Dragons’ Den judges for £10,000 innovation prize
26 Nov 14 - MEDICAL technology designers are to showcase a new contoured support snood helping to improve the quality of lives of motor neurone disease sufferers whose neck muscles as part of a £10,000 innovation prize challenge
Pioneering anti-clotting medication halves stent blockage in heart attack patients
18 Nov 14 - Treating heart attack patients with ticagrelor reduces the risk of stents blocking with blood clots according to a ground breaking new study conducted by researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the University of Sheffield.
Sheffield leads on international design4health hackathon
12 Nov 14 - A TEAM of clinicians, medical engineers, designers and patient representatives were challenged to come up with new innovative concepts to solve patients’ needs in an eight-hour health design hack.
Research findings lead to professional doctorate for Hep C specialist
7 Nov 14 - Findings into the reasons that drug users miss appointments at hepatitis C outreach clinics will help to shape how services are delivered to minimise the number of missed appointments, which are crucial for offering treatment and support.
Scientists gather to celebrate leading bladder research
6 Nov 14 - A multi-million EU project potentially lead to the development of new treatments for overactive bladder symptoms is to be celebrated by distinguished researchers next week (Monday 10 to Wednesday 13 November)
