In this issue:
- 2005: Continuing the good work
Action Medical Research has made significant advances in a number of areas over the past year.
- Boosting fragile immune systems
What began as an investigation into why some children go down with more infections such as coughs and colds than others has, with the help of Action Medical Research funding, led researchers to develop an exciting treatment that could have wide-ranging benefits.
- Improving speech valves
Here we report on a project that is helping to give throat cancer patients a voice.
- In the News - March 2006
How Action Medical Research has been making headlines.
- International interest in study findings
Action Medical Researchers investigating muscle stiffness in disability have found that changes in the nervous system could be a contributory factor.
- Jargon busters
TV scientist Professor Heinz Wolff explains some common — and some not so common — medical and scientific terms.
- London to Paris bike ride gets bigger
Action Medical Research announces a new route and new support system for cyclists on the ever-popular London to Paris Bike Ride.
- Meet the Researchers
Indian-born Dr Anand Pandyan lives on Keele University Campus with his wife Anusha, children Andrew (14) and Amrita (12), and dogs Rum and Raisin. He describes Keele as “a small village off the M6, with a primary school, church, pub, the University and a motorway service station!” Anand is currently looking at ways of improving arm function after stroke.
- My story - An adult perspective
Julie Turner talks about her experiences as an adult living with cerebral palsy.
- New lottery to help charities
Have you ever played the National Lottery and wondered how your hard-earned pound is being spent?
- Our first Touching Lives Tribute Fund
Touching Lives Tribute Funds are a personal and lasting way to remember someone special, while raising money to help us beat disease and disability.
- Quality, not quantity
A ‘silent epidemic’ is spreading pain, causing disability and costing the health service millions of pounds a year. Its name? Osteoporosis, and with people living longer and exercising less, it is on the increase in the UK.
- Recipe for success
Members of the Ross Hall Ladies’ Lunch Committee for Action Medical Research now have 21 years of fundraising-lunch experience under their belts, and as the 2005 event proved, they have certainly got the recipe right.
- Stand Up for Tiny Lives
As some of the country’s best-loved comedians are preparing to ‘Stand Up’ and help us bring the problems of premature birth and pregnancy complications to the fore, we explain how you too can help give vulnerable babies and their parents a voice that demands to be heard.
- The Barking Badgers return
Tescos Marketing Director,Tim Mason, and his merry band of Barking Badgers are taking on another gruelling cycling challenge to support and raise funds for the Touching Tiny Lives Campaign.
- The Dr's Notebook - DCD
Dr Chris Steele from ITV’s ‘This Morning’ addresses some common health concerns. Here he talks about developmental co-ordination disorder, more commonly known as dyspraxia, or clumsy child syndrome.
- Three Peaks team reach even greater heights
Members of The Manic Mountaineers team who took part in last year’s Three Peaks challenge thought they’d reached the height of ambition when they scaled the three highest peaks in the UK in 24 hours to raise funds for Action Medical Research.But their passion and commitment to our cause has now been recognised as prize-winning, and they’ve even helped to give the Charity some coverage in the national press!
