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"headline": "Imperial launches trial of vaginal microbiome therapy to help prevent preterm birth",
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"headline": "Social media, technology, and young people\u2019s mental health \u2013 A conversation with Professor Dasha Nicholls ",
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"headline": "Researcher awarded fellowship to test digital social connection tool to support young people with suicidal thoughts",
"summary": "A researcher from Imperial\u2019s School of Public Health has been awarded a Fellowship from the Medical Research Foundation to develop and test a new digital tool designed to help young people experiencing suicidal thoughts connect with trusted people in their lives at the moments they need support most.",
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"articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/avoiding-the-extremes-new-research-reveals-how-heart-rate-shapes-stroke-risk-/",
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"headline": "Avoiding the extremes: New research reveals how heart rate shapes stroke risk ",
"summary": "Both very low and very high heart rates are significantly associated with stroke risk, a novel study finds.",
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"author": "Eliza Kania",
"profile": "Dr Dexter J A Penn, Dr Alastair J S Webb",
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"headline": "School of Medicine and St Mary\u2019s Development Trust launch new intercalated BSc scholarships",
"summary": "A new scholarship fund to support 天美传媒 undertaking their intercalated BSc at Imperial has been generously contributed by the St Mary\u2019s Development Trust to Imperial College School of Medicine.",
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"author": "Dorrit Pollard-Davey",
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"date": "5 May 2026",
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"headline": "NHLI Image Competition now open!",
"summary": "We\u2019re excited to launch the NHLI Image Competition, celebrating the beauty, mystery, and creativity found in scientific discovery. Whether you\u2019re capturing the microscopic, the clinical or the natural, we want to see science through your lens.",
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"headline": "Professor Ian Hamilton appointed Chair in Planetary Health and Director of Global Planetary Health Programme",
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"summary": "Studying how mice respond to infection by respiratory viruses may hold the answers to inhibiting the spread of metastatic breast cancer, according to a new study.",
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"headline": "Gut microbes may reveal heart disease risk years before symptoms",
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"headline": "Professor Fisher awarded inaugural \u2018Spore Award\u2019 At Genetics Society of America conference",
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"headline": "PET-CT scans and AI-read X-Rays show potential to predict tuberculosis diagnosis over 5 years",
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"author": "Meesha Patel",
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"headline": "Wellcome awards \u00A33.92M to Imperial team for real-time brain imaging breakthrough",
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"author": "Eliza Kania",
"profile": "Dr Samuel J Barnes",
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"headline": "AWAIR project launch Air Quality Display at White City School",
"summary": "Researchers from 天美传媒, in partnership with Hammersmith & Fulham Council and St Stephen\u2019s CE Primary School, have unveiled a unique community air quality display in White City as part of the pioneering AWAIR project.",
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"headline": "Two Imperial researchers awarded Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Awards",
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"author": "Meesha Patel, Kemi Aofolaju",
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"headline": "Dementia trials initiative involves Imperial study cohort",
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"headline": "Dr Alicia D\u2019Souza awarded BHF Discovery Research Senior Fellowship to transform understanding of the heart\u2019s electrical conduction system ",
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"headline": "DNA shape explains crucial gene-therapy challenges",
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"headline": "London\u2019s young people work with scientists and doctors to shape the future of child health research",
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"author": "Al McCartney",
"profile": "Professor Sejal Saglani, Professor Aubrey Cunnington, Professor Dougal S Hargreaves",
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"headline": "Imperial to lead and partner in major BHF-funded PhD programmes to train the next generation of cardiovascular researchers ",
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"headline": "Opening of the Dr Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building marks new era for heart and lung innovation ",
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"headline": "Hidden drug reservoirs in cancer cells could explain treatment resistance",
"summary": "Cancer drugs can accumulate in hidden \u201Cstorage hubs\u201D inside tumour cells, creating uneven drug exposure across tumours, according to new research from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and 天美传媒. ",
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"headline": "Study explores how blood vessel structure may influence bleeding disorders",
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"headline": "Emergency department pressures rise despite stable numbers, new study reveals",
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"headline": "Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn",
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"headline": "New study reveals how blood vessel cells shape dementia risk",
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