Clinical trial confirms digoxin is effective for treatment of atrial fibrillation
A clinical trial has shown that digoxin has the same effect on physical wellbeing as beta-blockers when used to treat patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and symptoms of heart failure.
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‘Weak’ and ‘strong’ cells bonding boosts body’s diabetes fight
Scientists have broadened our understanding of how ‘weak’ cells bond with their more mature cellular counterparts to boost the body’s production of insulin – improving our knowledge of the processe…
Birmingham secures National Training Centre for the Advanced Therapies Skills Training Network
The National Horizons Centre, RoslinCT and the University of Birmingham have been selected to deliver high impact physical and digitally-delivered training courses as part of the growing ATSTN prog…
Birmingham maternity experts call for urgent action on pregnancy ‘drug drought’
Leaders in maternal healthcare from Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) have called for lifesaving research into pharmaceuticals for use during pregnancy, in a new report which highlights the challeng…
The BHP Starter Fellowship – Anna’s story
Dr Anna Price, ST3 in Renal Medicine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, undertook a Birmingham Health Partners Starter Fellowship in 2015-2016 and is currently undertaking a PhD at Uni…