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From the Front to the Backs: Story of the First Eastern Hospital

01 Jul 2014

One hundred years since the start of the First World War, few Cambridge residents are likely to be aware that the University Library stands on the...

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Scrubbing up: preparing hospitals for climate change

13 Nov 2013

Innovative designs for retrofitting the vast NHS estate to stem rising carbon emissions and adapt hospitals to perform through a changing climate are...

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Ball-and-stick model of the '''captopril''' molecule, an ACE inhibitor used for the treatment of hypertension

New research shows clear association between ACE inhibitors - drugs used to treat high blood pressure and heart disease - and acute kidney injury

06 Nov 2013

These and similar drugs are the second most prescribed on the NHS

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Financial injection

Can you put a price on health?

23 May 2013

As health services strive to improve quality and reduce costs, researchers study the benefits – and the pitfalls – of ‘pay for performance’ in...

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Plans (subject to final design selection) of the Heart and Lung Research Institute (left) and new Papworth Hospital

Expanding the heart and lungs of medicine

07 Nov 2012

Fundraising is under way for a joint Cambridge University and Papworth Hospital Heart and Lung Research Institute – to sit alongside the anticipated...

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Healthcare

Visions of future healthcare

23 Mar 2012

On 14 March, academics and members of the public gathered at Emmanuel College to hear a panel of distinguished speakers discuss their personal...

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King Faisal Hospital, Kigali

Gates scholars suggest way forward for Rwanda's leading hospital

23 Oct 2009

Expensive medical equipment is lying unused in Rwanda's leading hospital because it costs too much to use it, a report by enterprising students has...

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