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Good Ideas

Beauty kit alerts users to check for cancer

August 14, 2010

Sensible idea has fun overtones
Elemis are the British company that makes very useful skincare products to help our ‘druggie’ skin. Now, in support of Breast Cancer awareness, they have come up with a very sensible gift idea for those girl-friends who think breast cancer happens to others.
If they never bother to check, this is [...]

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Hospital gowns can be glamorous

August 11, 2010

Healincomfort does what it says on the label!
One of the most horrible pictures that stays in the mind was that shot of a poor old woman, evacuated from the Royal Marsden fire, walking up the street to shelter with her back exposed by her hospital gown.
But those awful flapping undignified gowns could be a thing [...]

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Eco-friendly packaging hits the right note

May 13, 2010

New Zealand company shows way forward

…Normally, I am dead against companies that spend money on packaging, rather than the
…product. But Living Nature’s way of packing their cleanser and toner is unique,
…environmentally-friendly, and deserves a mention of its own.
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The company comes from New Zealand, where it sounds like they are much more ecologically-friendly than we are. [...]

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New cancer clinic is patient-focussed

April 29, 2010

LONDON CLINIC CANCER CENTRE
The new ‘breed’ of cancer centres are being constructed with the patient in mind, rather than the Consultants! And are full of good ideas.

Visiting the brand-new centre at The London Clinic, I had forgotten the tiny, airless room I was treated in ten years ago, and was swept up into the light, [...]

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Making a difference!

February 10, 2010

LISTEN TO PATIENTS!
Verite Reily Collins & a nameless patient!
Here are some really good ideas, from a fellow patient, that came out of what must have been a horrendous experience:

Put yourself in a patient’s shoes when thinking how to improve communications – particularly if they have had an operation postponed.
I tried phoning to see if a [...]

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Good Skin care needn’t be expensive

January 23, 2010

You get what you pay for – most times
Whilst researching looking afterour skin, I generally found that the better the skincare, the more it cost. I tried lotions and lotions of potions, and the cheap ones just did nothing. Except for a ‘new kid on the block that has come in from America, Jergens.
So how [...]

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Christmas wishes and Season’s Greetings

December 8, 2009

This comes with my best wishes, and a hope
that researchers around the world discover even better ways to treat cancer in 2010

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Soothing radiotherapy burns

November 28, 2009

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RELIEVING RADIOTHERAPY BURNS
This was written for those who are still undergoing radiotherapy -
but is also useful as a fantastic stand-by in the kitchen, especially at this time of year when tempers are fraught, and burning pans can cause nasty problems!
Cancer patients are encouraged to spread Aloe Vera gel over their radiotherapy burns – [...]

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MasterChef serves up a disappointing Breakfast

November 13, 2009

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MASTERCHEF CAN’T COOK BREAKFAST
When journalists were invited to Breakfast at the MasterChef Live Exhibition at Olympia, we expected a culinary feast. Memories of the famous press breakfasts that we used to be given at GLEE (Garden and Leisure Exhibition) set the taste buds alive – but when we arrived all that [...]

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Finland’s Symptom Line

October 28, 2009

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FINLAND’S SYMPTOM LINE
Considering all its problems, with Sami people often roaming across Lappland for half the year, a long, thin area of country and a very spread-out population outside the cities, Finland has an enviable post cancer recovery record. One reason could be their excellent telephone Symptom Line.
Matti Rautalahti, Chief Medical Officer of [...]

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