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Baby life-saving technology wins award
Pioneering technology developed by AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and the Rosie that can help save the lives of sick babies from across the region has won a Cambridge award.
Charity partnership supports breast cancer patients
AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ has teamed up with a charity called Little Lifts that provides boxes of thoughtful gifts, treats and support to those about to undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy for breast cancer.
Multi-million investment in early cancer tests
The Cambridge team behind Cytosponge - the 'sponge on a string' which identifies people at risk of oesophageal cancer - is expanding its work in the UK and beyond following a £13.4 million investment.
New app helps with baby health screening
AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Hospital has helped Anglia Ruskin University with the development of a new app that will help clinicians, student midwives and educators screen for health conditions at birth.
Medicine for Members: Prostate cancer - a cancer pandemic of the modern era
Find out about the common myths of prostate cancer symptoms, the complexity of decision making once diagnosed and its growing economic and resource burden.
CUH gardens – caring for our planet, patients and staff
Gardeners at AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and the Rosie have created beautiful green spaces amongst the hospital buildings, re-wilding areas and nurturing pollinator-friendly plants to create a happier, healthier environment for patients, staff and nature.
CUH nursing and midwifery awards 2023
Congratulations to our award winning nurses and midwives, nominated by their colleagues for their excellence, kindness and patient safety to mark International Nurses' Day.
Obesity reduces Covid vaccination immunity
Research involving Addenbrooke's patients has found that protection offered by Covid vaccination declines more rapidly in people with severe obesity.
The first of seven new electric tugs delivered
The new vehicles will be used to move heavy loads like laundry and clinical waste, operating along more than two miles of service corridors beneath Addenbrooke's and the Rosie.
International Day of the Midwife
As part of the International Day of the Midwife we asked Catherine Barlow, lead midwife, about her 16 years working at ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Foundation Trust.
Milestone reached in pioneering brain cancer trial
More than 140 brain cancer patients have benefitted from a landmark ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ testing and treatment programme being trialled at Addenbrooke's, using the latest innovations in genomics and cancer research.
Industrial action - 30 April - 1 May 2023
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has confirmed that industrial action, in the form of strike action, will take place at CUH from 20:00 on Sunday 30 April – 20:00 on Tuesday 02 May.
CUH healthcare support workers recognised in national awards
We were delighted to welcome Catherine Morgan, chief nurse for the East of England, to ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Foundation Trust (CUH) this week to honour two members of our nursing team with the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Award.
LeviÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ story: recovering from a traumatic brain injury
Former fitness instructor Levi Rimmer received a serious head injury in a car accident when she was 24 years-old. Her life was saved by the neuro-rehabilitation specialist team at AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Hospital, whose combined skills have helped Levi rebuild her life.
Improvement in treating brain haemorrhages
A major international trial involving Addenbrooke's has found that surgeons treating a form of brain haemorrhage should replace sections of the skull removed during surgery, rather than carry out reconstruction at a later date.
Pioneering needle-free Covid vaccine begins trials
Volunteers are being recruited to take part in Cambridge trials of a revolutionary new needle-free vaccine - to protect against the virus that causes Covid and related coronaviruses.