Hammersmith Research

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Press and Communications Office
email: pressoffice@hhnt.nhs.uk, telephone 020 8383 3005

Other useful contacts:
Imperial College London press office: 020 7594 6712
Medical Research Council press office: 020 7637 6011

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9 November 2006

Hammersmith Research is published quarterly by Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust. It showcases research and clinical achievements by scientists and clinicians on the hospital sites. It is circulated widely to journalists, government and other decision-makers, charities, professional bodies and royal colleges, industry and other NHS organisations. To read the newsletter, click on the links below.

New drug will save NHS hundreds of millions of pounds

2 October 2006

NHS researchers at Hammersmith Hospital in West London have developed a new drug for Hepatitis C patients that will save the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds a year. It costs just a fraction of the current treatment and it will make treatment affordable for millions of Hepatitis C sufferers worldwide.

Inflatable stocking therapy increases mobility

18 August 2005

An inflatable stocking could provide relief for thousands of elderly people suffering mobility problems due to artery disease, according to Imperial College London researchers at Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and Ealing Hospitals NHS Trust.

Minimally invasive EVAR still looking good after four years

15 June 2005

The findings of two UK clinical trials targeting the third biggest cause of sudden death in Britain suggest that the initial benefits of a new minimally invasive surgical technique are maintained at four years for low risk patients. However, for high risk patients - for whom the technique was designed in the first place - endovascular aneurysm repair offers no benefit.

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