Thursday, February 28th, 2008
2008 sees the 50th anniversary of a world first - the publication of the first paper on the use of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology. Ultrasound has caused a revolution in medical care and in celebration the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is hosting a daylong commemorative event ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Cancer Research UK scientists at Newcastle University are starting the first UK trial of a new drug which targets the 'Achilles' heel' in hereditary forms of both breast and ovarian cancer.
The trial is open to women who have already developed an advanced form of breast or ovarian cancer and have ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Tamzin Outhwaite has lent her support to the Make Today Count campaign for Cancer Research UK. The campaign will run on 2008's extra day, 29th February. It asks for people to do whatever they can to raise money for charity on that extra leap year day.
Tamzin said: "It's so easy ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
David Jones, MP for Clwyd West and Shadow Minister for Wales, challenged Welsh Secretary, Paul Murphy, over difficulties experienced by Welsh patients suffering from muscle disease in obtaining treatment across in hospitals in England. In response, the Secretary of State accepted the "general thrust" of the criticism.
Speaking in the Commons ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
The British Dental Association (BDA) applauds the High Court's decision to rule against primary care trusts imposing an unfair termination clause in a dental contract, following Eddie Crouch's legal challenge this week.
Peter Ward, BDA's chief executive said:
"We are delighted that Eddie Crouch won his case against the unreasonable term in ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Smoking by a non-biological parent is as influential as smoking by biological parents in determining whether their teenager smokes, reveal the results of a Cancer Research UK study published in the journal Addiction*.
Researchers based at Cancer Research UK's Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London, interviewed 650 teenagers from ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Women from around the UK, including model Nell McAndrew, stripped bare to launch Cancer Research UK's Race for Life 2008 in chilly London. United by their individual cancer experiences, the women braved the cold to take part in a naked training session to highlight that every woman in the UK ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Researchers have developed software which could potentially identify over 600,000 people who are undiagnosed or at increased risk of Type 2 diabetes.
The research, published in the British Journal of General Practice, found that simple software can highlight people whose higher blood glucose levels have not been followed up.
The software was ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
The CCA, AIMp, NPA, PSNC and RPSGB have provided a joint response to the Department of Children, Schools and Families consultation on the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups legislation and the proposed scheme that will be administered by the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). A joint response was prepared because of the wide ...
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