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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Laura Pollock

Scottish scientists to trial daily pill for women with heavy menstrual bleeding

The study is led jointly by Professors Siladitya Bhattacharya from the University of Aberdeen and Hilary Critchley from the University of Edinburgh (Image: Archive)

RESEARCHERS from the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh have been awarded just under £2 million to lead a major clinical trial investigating a promising new treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding.

The three-and-a-half-year study, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), will investigate whether a new medicine taken as a pill every day could treat the condition more effectively than current medical treatments.

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