first, let s do some quick background. ukraine used to be a soviet republic. for most of its post soviet independence, its leaders operated in close association with russia, but then in 2013, something happened. ukrainian people realized a political and economic dependence on russia was a road to nowhere. so they rose up and they demanded closer ties with the european union. putin and his cronies in ukraine, they panicked and they gunned down the protesters. now, that backfired. big time. putin s allies were run out of the country and the nation elected arden pro europe and pro u.s. leadership. in response, putin invaded crimea and he invaded eastern ukraine, but frankly, that just hardened ukrainian people s anti-russia sentiments. still, putin s desire to control ukraine, it didn t go away. so now, he s moved 150,000
just didn t go away. at any point when you are kind of lying in bed in pain, did you think this might be a heart attack? no, because i didn t think it would happen to me, i thought i was too young to have a heart attack, i thought i was fit and healthy, i d had no underlying symptoms. the previous weekend, i had been out on quite a long bike ride. so just acting as normal, and then like a bolt out of the blue, you get that huge pain in your chest and you find yourself in papworth. sojulian hasjoined a drug trial here at addenbrooke s hospital in cambridge. some people have an immune system that goes into overdrive following a heart attack and actually starts to damage the body, leaving the patient prone to another attack or a stroke. researchers hope this drug, aldesleukin, will cut that risk. if you think of the immune system as having good cop cells and bad cop cells. in these high risk patients, we have a very high number of bad cop cells. so in this trial, what we re
the us navy said the extent of the damage to the uss connecticut was still being assessed. every five minutes in the uk, someone is admitted to hospital with a heart attack. most people survive, but the damage done can leave them prone to another. so researchers at addenbrooke s hospital in cambridge and the british heart foundation have been trialling a drug that they hope can heal damaged hearts and make further attacks less likely. richard westcott reports. julian isn t the kind of person you d expect to have a heart attack. a keen cyclist, healthy eating, doesn t smoke, in his early 50s. but last summer, out of the blue. pretty normal day up until 4pm and i had this enormous pain in my chest and it and it was vice like. and i said my wife, i feel really, really ill. so i went and lay down and the pain
yolande knell, bbc news, tel aviv. every five minutes in the uk, someone is admitted to hospital with a heart attack. most people survive, but the damage done can leave them prone to another. so researchers at addenbrooke s hospital in cambridge and the british heart foundation have been trialling a drug that they hope can heal damaged hearts and make further attacks less likely. richard westcott reports. julian isn t the kind of person you d expect to have a heart attack. a keen cyclist, healthy eating, doesn t smoke, in his early 50s. but, last summer, out of the blue. pretty normal day up until apm and i had this enormous pain in my chest and it was vice like. and i said to my wife, i feel really, really ill. so i went and lay down and the pain just didn t go away. at any point, when you are kind of lying in bed in pain, did you think this might be