Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2009
According to a story on the American Cancer Society website regular exercise can help prevent certain types of cancer including breast cancer.
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Kefah Mokbel Lead Surgeon at the London Breast Institute says the letter published in the BMJ regarding breast cancer screening lacks scientific accuracy.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2009
BreastCancer.org comments on the results from a new breast cancer study. http://tinyurl.com/cbbfut Social Bookmarking
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The London Breast Institute’s leading breast cancer expert Professor Kefah Mokbel welcomes the results from a recently published study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2009
Doctors have been named the profession most trusted by the general public for the 25th year running
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Posted in Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Feb 12th, 2009
The first Service Standards for the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was launched yesterday at The House of Lords. This was marked by Lord Newton of Braintree as “a major development for people with Colitis and Crohn’s disease”. The simple truth is that patients in the UK, unless they are willing to [...]
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Posted in Diabetes on Feb 10th, 2009
Leading health charity Diabetes UK warns today that more than 85,000 people with diabetes in London are at increased risk of losing their sight because they are not being screened for retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in the UK’s working-age population.
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Posted in Addiction treatment on Feb 4th, 2009
The UK government is giving key stakeholders and partners, including health professionals, the opportunity to shape guidance published this month of alcohol consumption, for parents of under 18s. The consultation is available online at:www.dcsf.gov.uk/consultations We welcome any initiative from the Government to help tackle the problem of alcohol – especially amongst children – but can’t [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2009
The New York Times is currently running a feature on a study that originated here – London Peanuts in Childhood Study Dr Scott Pereira comments saying: “The NY Times original article is good sound stuff, and refers to the London peanuts in childhood study report, I note (but without a citation reference, being a newspaper, [...]
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Posted in Spine on Feb 4th, 2009
Khai Lam, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals and London Bridge Hospital was the first U.K. recipient of the Gold ‘La Medaille d’Honneur’ from L’Etiole Europeenne du Devouement Civil et Militaire. The award, which was presented by Mdm Anh-Dao Traxel, President of EEDCM and daughter to President Jacques Chirac, was given in [...]
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