Life-saving fetal heart monitor
A new, palm-sized monitor lets doctors read signals produced by an unborn baby's heart which can flag up possible problems and therefore allow potentially life-saving medical intervention.
Read more about our success with Life-saving fetal heart monitor.
Assessing and relieving children's pain
The creation of the Paediatric Pain Profile by researchers funded by Action Medical Research has helped parents and health professionals to assess and so relieve pain in severely disabled children.
Read more about our success with Assessing and relieving children's pain.
Supporting disabled children
A special flexible and adaptable seating system, designed in the 1980s, is continuing to help disabled people today and, with recent modifications, may even help correct spinal deformity.
Read more about our success with Supporting disabled children.
Improving survival from childhood liver disease
Read more about our success with Improving survival from childhood liver disease.
More milestones
- Polio vaccine
- Ultrasound scanning in pregnancy
- Meningitis vaccine
- Communication aids for people with disabilities
- Growing prostheses for children
- Genetic test for Von Hippel-Lindau disease
- Finding faulty genes for rare diseases
- Finding a gene for cleft lip and palate
- Rubella vaccine
- New scanning techniques for epilepsy
- Repairing skull damage
- Preventing spina bifida with folic acid
- Pioneering hip replacements
- Making an impact in Northern Ireland
- Brain scanner for babies
- Preventing infection after surgery
Research Training Fellowships
For over 35 years, Action Medical Research has been awarding Research Training Fellowships. In 2008 the charity surveyed past fellows to see how their early training is now impacting on healthcare. Read about this here.
Celebrity supporters - Davina McCall
Television presenter Davina McCall and her family have supported the charity over three generations. Davina hosts a range of events to help raise funds.