5th September 2016 – register for free online course Beginers Guide to Cardiovascular Disease

5th September – free registration for online course

Learn more about how your heart works, the causes of heart disease and how to keep your heart healthy with this free online course.

This beginner’s course is aimed at anyone with an interest in how the heart works and the diseases that commonly affect it. It will help if you have a basic understanding of human biology, but we hope that we can explain things in a way that will be easy for anyone to understand. If you get stuck, you can always ask questions in the comments and other learners may be able to help you.

follow the link for more information and to register   https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/heart-health

August 2016 -ICMR heart attack research receives funding boost at University of Reading.!

ICMR heart attack research receives funding boost – Dr Chris Jones of the ICMR at Reading University has received a British Heart Foundation award to carry out research into the way blood clots form to help improve the treatment and prevention of heart attacks. Please see link for further information  http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR693861.aspx