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The WOMAN Trial was Highly Commended in the Times Higher Education annual awards for Research Project of the Year. Winners of these high-profile UK prizes were announced at a special gala evening in London on Thursday 30 November. Just pipped to the title of Research Project of the Year: STEM by Heriot-Watt University on behalf…

The Blood Clock, a unique art installation created for the WOMAN trial to raise awareness of postpartum haemorrhage and the need for urgent treatment, is being unveiled at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. It was designed and made by Consultant Obstetrician Dr Graham Tydeman, who regularly deals with the problem of blood…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending early use of tranexamic acid to treat bleeding after childbirth after fresh analysis of the WOMAN trial was published in The Lancet. The study showed that major bleeds must be treated with the drug as fast as possible since deaths occur quickly and the drug’s life-saving benefits diminish…