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• Thousands of families devastated by heart attacks in East Midlands

  Date: 12 January 2015

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  Heart attacks are devastating thousands of families across the East Midlands according to a new survey by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) ahead...

• Good cholesterol doesnt always lower heart attack risk

  Date: 11 March 2016

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  Some people with high levels of ‘good’ high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are at increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD),...

• New trial could transform heart health of dialysis patients

  Date: 3 December 2020

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  A new trial with the potential to transform the heart health of patients with kidney failure has today been launched by the University of...

• Tool to predict future risk of heart attacks and strokes across diverse, global populations given green light in latest study

  Date: 14 May 2026

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  A tool to predict the risk of future cardiovascular disease using measures of kidney function across diverse populations has been given the green...

• Leicester medieval historian elected as Fellow of the British Academy  

  Date: 18 July 2025

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Professor Joanna Story has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy as a UK Fellow.

• Improving diagnosis of the causes of heart failure

  Date: 8 August 2018

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  A new study that could prevent missed or wrongful diagnosis of the underlying cause of heart failure has been funded by the British Heart...

• Increased risk of coronary heart disease associated with shorter height

  Date: 8 April 2015

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  The shorter you are, the more your risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study led by Professor Sir Nilesh Samani (pictured), British...

• Leicester sports sociologist examines the making of British football

  Date: 7 November 2024

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  The history of British football and its people is the subject of a book from Â鶹ÊÓƵ sports sociologist, John Williams.

• British space community comes to Leicester for major conference

  Date: 26 June 2024

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  The largest British Planetary Science Conference to date welcomes 200 space experts at Space Park Leicester, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the...

• New treatment offers hope for patients with heart failure

  Date: 7 November 2017

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  Leicester’s first His bundle pacemaker, a pioneering new technique, has been implanted at Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester...