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Missed out on NPW? Then download a National Pathology Week podcast.

You can listen to some of events held during the week by downloading the following podcasts
 

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2 November - Think Heart –Save a Baby’s Life, in partnership with the Royal Brompton Hospital and held Royal College of Pathologists, London

In this podcast discover why thinking "heart" could save a baby's life. Hear about three heart conditions - duct-dependent lesions, viral myocarditis and arrhythmias and listen to parents, nurses, paediatricians and others on why these go unidentified in many babies, often with tragic consequences. 

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3 November - Making Sense of Screening, in partnership with Sense about Science and held at the Royal College of Pathologists, London

Listen to a lively panel debate on the pros and cons of screen programmes organised to launch Sense about Science’s publication Making Sense of Screening

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3 November, How to do a Heart Transplant, Papworth and Addenbrookes Hospitals, held at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

In this event, organised by transplant staff and pathologists from Papworth and Addenbrookes Hospital, find out why you may need a transplant, who is involved and why this relatively simple operation needs a team of pathologists, coordinators and surgeons.

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5 November Hearts at High Altitudes held at the Royal Geographical Society, London

Climbing a mountain challenges the heart and circulation to cope with lower levels of oxygen at high altitude. In this podcast, our speakers discuss the body’s remarkable ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

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5 November - Art of Modern Healthcare, held at the Royal College of Pathologists, London

We hear how the structure of the heart has inspired works of art and we take a dip in the murky waters of medical ethics with Key Stage 5 science students who are asked to decide who has the right to decide if a teenage boy should be given a new heart?

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5 November - Heart Attack – behind the scenes, in partnership with the British Heart Foundation and Royal Institution, held at the Royal Institution, London

This podcast will take you behind the scenes of a heart attack through a virtual autopsy and dissection of a pig’s heart. Also find out more about the genetics, biochemistry and anatomy of cardiac disease with the help of a team of pathologists and cardiologists,