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Film Night to help raise funds for Nepal
3rd Jun 2015 // Join both Porters Progress UK and International Porter Protection Group (IPPG), in conjunction with Community Action Nepal (CAN) for their special Best of Kendal Mountain Film Festival. Full article>
From Fire to Ice expedition update
3rd Jun 2015 // The From Fire to Ice team, who Xtreme Everest Investigator Dr Andre Vercueil is part of, has recently released their latest expedition video. Full article>
XE's First School Engagement Day
7th May 2015 // The first Xtreme Everest school engagement day took place in February and was a huge success. 26 boys and 3 teachers from Whitgift School visited the ISEH for an interactive science event. Full article>
Hello!, is it me you're looking for?
13th Apr 2015 // Over the years Xtreme Everest have had the privilege of meeting a variety of people from all walks of life who have given up their time, knowledge, blood (and muscle), sweat and tears to help us further our research into hypoxia, in the hope that we can someday help more critically ill people to survive.
XE's Dr Chris Van Tulleken delves into The Truth About...
13th Apr 2015 // Xtreme Everest investigator Dr Chris Van Tulleken has recently stared in the BBC series The Truth About... looking closely at the medicines we keep in our cabinets and the calories we take in.
The wonderful world of blood and Xtreme Everest
28th Mar 2015 // Xtreme Everest’s Dr Dan Martin and Dr Edward (Ned) Gilbert-Kawai featured on the recent BBC Four documentary “The Wonderful World of Blood with Dr Michael Mosley”. Full article>
Prof Grocott takes us on an Xtreme journey with his Inaugural Lecture
20th Mar 2015 // Congratulations are in order to Xtreme Everest's Professor Mike Grocott, who yesterday gave his Inaugural Lecture at the University of Southampton.
New systematic review by XE doctors published in Sports Med
5th Mar 2015 // A new systematic review paper by Xtreme Everest doctors has recently been published in Sports Meds. Full article>
XE's Dan Martin visits Norway for a series of lectures
5th Feb 2015 // Dr Martin recently visited St Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway for a series of lectures about Xtreme Everest's work. Full article>
UCL Centre for Anaesthesia celebrates 15 years
15th Jan 2015 // Xtreme Everest team offers congratulations to Professor Mythen and colleagues on 15 years’ worth of achievements Full article>
From Fire to Ice - XE Investigator takes on a new Xtreme challenge
8th Jan 2015 // Xtreme Everest’s Investigator Dr Andre Vercueil is embarking on a new journey across the South Pole to further understand how the human body reacts to extremes of stress. Full article>
Seasons Greetings
19th Dec 2014 // Seasons Greetings to all of our sponsors, collaborators, and supporters and best wishes for 2015 from everyone at Xtreme Everest!Full article>
New Xtreme Alps abstract looks at systemic oxygen extraction
18th Dec 2014 // A new Xtreme Alps research group abstract has been accepted and recently published by the British Journal of Anesthesia. The Xtreme Alps research group is a collaboration of doctors and nurses from both University of Southampton, Southampton Hospital, University College London and University College London Hospital.
XE doctors give Father Christmas a seasonal health check
17th Dec 2014 // Christmas is getting closer and the elves are working hard on getting all the presents ready. Reindeer's are being groomed and the sleigh shined to within an inch of its life as preparations for the big event ramp up. But how is Father Christmas coping with this big event?
Xtreme Everest researchers find new benefits of nitrate
3rd Dec 2014 // Xtreme Everest researchers who worked on three British Heart Foundation part-funded studies have shown that the simple chemical nitrate, which is found in leafy green vegetables, can actually help thin blood which ensures oxygen can be delivered to all of the body efficiently. It does this by reducing the body's production of EPO, the hormone that stimulates red cell production. By helping to reduce the thickness of blood, this may also decrease instances of dangerous clots forming. Overall, this can help reduce the risks of stroke and heart attacks.
Revisit Christmas past with Prof Montgomery's Peak Performance lecture
3rd Dec 2014 // In 2007, XE's Professor Hugh Montgomery presented his own series of Christmas lectures which looked at an exploration of human endurance, and the very thin line between life and death. Full article>
Worthing College take learning to the Xtreme
18th Nov 2014 // On Thursday 13 November, the Xtreme Everest welcomed twenty four students from Worthing College, to learn a bit more about the research work we are undertaking, as well as offering them the opportunity to undertake some experiments in the laboratory here at the Institute for Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH).
Dr Gilbert-Kawai wins UCL prize for his PhD
26th Sep 2014 // Congratulations are in order for Ned Gilbert-Kawai (CASE Medicine Senior Research Fellow and XE2 Research Leader) who recently won University College London’s Eleanor Davies-Colley Prize, which is named in honour of the first woman to undertake FRCS (1911), for the best PhD presentation.
Kay talks to the RCN about the Xtreme research heights she goes to
8th Sep 2014 // Xtreme Everest team member Kay Mitchell was recently interviewed for the latest Royal College of Nursing bulletin Full article>
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