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Queen’s University Belfast(贝尔法斯特女王大学)
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一键免费快速申请文章正文综述详细专业照片新闻校友录已获Offer学生资料A Queen’s medical doctor is appealing for 30 volunteers to help with research into understanding the causes of heart disease.A Queen’s medical doctor is appealing for 30 volunteers to help with research into understanding the causes of heart disease.
Brona Loughrey, from Drumquin in Co Tyrone is a second year PHD student in the School of Medicine and Dentistry and has called for volunteers for a study into cholesterol lowering statin treatment.
Volunteers need to be aged between age 35 to 65 and to have a waist size of 36 inches for men or be a dress size 16 or over for women. They will be asked to take six weeks of treatment with either atorvastatin, a well known cholesterol lowering drug or a placebo, and attend three hospital appointments. All volunteers will receive full checks for their risk factors of heart disease including cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar.
Explaining the aim of the study Brona said: “Statins are known to reduce cholesterol and reduce the likelihood of heart disease in people who are at high risk of this. There is however some scientific evidence that not all the effects of statins are due to cholesterol reduction and that they may have beneficial effects even in people whose cholesterol is not high. These effects are thought possibly to be related to reduced ‘stickiness’ and activiation of blood cells that are involved in heart disease.
“All volunteers will have the added benefit of being screened for treatable cardiovascular risk factors as is now recommended for everyone over the age of 40.”
The study is funded by the Department Of Health, Social Services And Public Safety. The clinical work is being carried out in the Royal Victoria Hospital and the laboratory work will be undertaken at the Queen’s School Of Medicine and Dentistry.
If you want to volunteer for the study please contact Brona on 07977 923697.
All travel expenses to the Royal will be reimbursed.
