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Death of Marsden Chaplain who was on Tamoxifen Ethical Committee

August 27, 2010

David Brown worked 24/7 supporting cancer patients
Many of you who were treated at the Royal Marsden will remember the Chaplain, David Brown, with fondness.  I know I do;  coming out of my Consultant’s with a bleak “I’ve never seen this before” comment on blindness that had crept up overnight, David took me [...]

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Patients who complain about drugs are not alone

August 24, 2010

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Dr. Max Pemberton joins the debate on drugs
Since Professor Donald Light spoke on Pharmaceuticals:  A Two-Tier Market for Producing ‘Lemons’ and Serious Harm,  at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, the medical press have been active.
Light stated that “five [...]

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Are hospitals too lazy to banish mixed sex wards?

August 17, 2010

There is an easy way to get this sorted once and for all

Andrew Lansley says he is going to abolish Mixed Sex Wards.
Listening to NHS spokespeople tie themselves into knots to justify  why they can’t do this, one just wondered if any of them had actually bothered to think this through, or if it is [...]

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Good news, bad news on Breast Cancer survival rates

August 14, 2010

Breast cancer rates fall in the UK, but survival rate still amongst lowest in Europe
There was good news this week;  research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) showed that deaths due to breast cancer have fallen by a third in Britain since the 1980s, to 28.2 per 100,000 women, marking the biggest improvement in [...]

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Don’t go too far for medical treatment

August 12, 2010

Superbug enters UK hospitals, experts warn
Bacteria that make an enzyme called NDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactimase -1) have travelled back with NHS patients who went abroad to countries like India and Pakistan for treatments such as cosmetic surgery, experts claim.
However, there have only been about 50 cases identified in the UK so far.  But the respected [...]

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Why we should take statistics with massive dose of salt

August 6, 2010

London Computational Knowledge
Summit at the Royal Institute
This one-day event in central London demonstrated how advances in computational technology are unlocking knowledge assets and shaping the future.
Attendees heard from those involved in pioneering this new approach with the Wolfram|Alpha project, and exchanged ideas with other leaders from industry, education, government, and research, operating at the [...]

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Cancer patients need pubs

July 31, 2010

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I am backing the Tourism Society in their campaign to save British pubs.
Why?  Even though I am teetotal? And a cancer patient?
Because the British pub out in the wilds of the countryside or in the middle of a city, is

somewhere we can always find a loo when we need one desperately
where we can [...]

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Lance Armstrong’s charity raised $325 million for cancer – but is this in danger?

July 27, 2010

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Lance Armstrong’s RadioShack team faces  investigation over jerseys –
and now ex-team mate’s comments could jeopardise fund raising

Sometimes, a good idea can turn sour, and seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong must be wondering why blinkered officials  turned his gesture to help cancer patients upside down. His Tour de France team, RadioShack, were banned  [...]

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When you need to buy painkillers

July 14, 2010

We all know what pain is. Everyone experiences pain at some point. Almost 10 million Britons suffer pain almost daily.
Sometimes we hardly notice pain, but on other occasions it is so severe that we take a painkiller (analgesic) to lessen the pain until it goes away.
Sometimes we need to get short-term relief from pain, and [...]

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Working after Cancer

June 19, 2010

Cancer Woman’s Business
Sustained By Home Working
Jacqui Burke, who runs Flourishing People from her home/office in West Wratting in Cambridgeshire, has entered the BT Home Business category of the 2010 Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, and hopes to achieve national recognition if they win.
Flourishing People, an HR and training consultancy business [...]

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