Juice me up? The downside of juice diets

Dizziness and exhaustion ‘This would be due to lack of energy as the diet is probably restricting calories in many cases to less than 1000 calories per day,’ explains registered dietitian Sioned Quirke Constipation According to Tom Oliver, founded of Tom Oliver Nutriton, lack of fibre in most juicing diets can lead to poor gut […]

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Juice me up? The downside of juice diets

Dizziness and exhaustion ‘This would be due to lack of energy as the diet is probably restricting calories in many cases to less than 1000 calories per day,’ explains registered dietitian Sioned Quirke Constipation According to Tom Oliver, founded of Tom Oliver Nutriton, lack of fibre in most juicing diets can lead to poor gut […]

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Bubbly biopsies will make cancer diagnosis safer

Tiny gas bubbles could hold the key to reducing the risks associated with ultrasound guided needle biopsies, routinely used to diagnose many types of cancer, including breast cancer and prostate cancer. At the moment, in a small number of cases, the procedures can sometimes dislodge cancer cells, which may then spread to other locations around the body. This can cause […]

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Bubbly biopsies will make cancer diagnosis safer

Tiny gas bubbles could hold the key to reducing the risks associated with ultrasound guided needle biopsies, routinely used to diagnose many types of cancer, including breast cancer and prostate cancer. At the moment, in a small number of cases, the procedures can sometimes dislodge cancer cells, which may then spread to other locations around the body. This can cause […]

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Dear Doctor’s Diary: Working with Nurses!

SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of  young UK doctors and nurses.  [youtube id=”8xOK7hXG8Jg” width=”750″ height=”422″ position=”left”]   Click here to watch Dear Doctor’s Diary: Gut Feeling or Dear Doctor’s Diary: Certifying a Death […]

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Dear Doctor’s Diary: Working with Nurses!

SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of  young UK doctors and nurses.  [youtube id=”8xOK7hXG8Jg” width=”750″ height=”422″ position=”left”]   Click here to watch Dear Doctor’s Diary: Gut Feeling or Dear Doctor’s Diary: Certifying a Death […]

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Telementoring in surgery is a global revolution

MATTU, the UK’s first International Centre of Telemedicine based at Surrey University and the Royal Surrey County Hospital, has telementoring facilities that links to hospitals and research centres all over the world. A advanced operating theatre allows key-hole specialist surgeons to coach people from as far afield as China, the East Coast of America and […]

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Telementoring in surgery is a global revolution

MATTU, the UK’s first International Centre of Telemedicine based at Surrey University and the Royal Surrey County Hospital, has telementoring facilities that links to hospitals and research centres all over the world. A advanced operating theatre allows key-hole specialist surgeons to coach people from as far afield as China, the East Coast of America and […]

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Refugee Crisis – At Sea in a Floating Coffin

  As of 31 December, at least 3,771 people had died whilst attempting the sea crossing to Europe in 2015. In 2015 over one million refugees had reached Europe across the Mediterranean, mainly to Greece and Italy. Of these, 3,735 were missing, believed drowned. In May 2015 volunteers from the medical humanitarian organisation ‘Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF), […]

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Refugee Crisis – At Sea in a Floating Coffin

  As of 31 December, at least 3,771 people had died whilst attempting the sea crossing to Europe in 2015. In 2015 over one million refugees had reached Europe across the Mediterranean, mainly to Greece and Italy. Of these, 3,735 were missing, believed drowned. In May 2015 volunteers from the medical humanitarian organisation ‘Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF), […]

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