Non-malignant pain in older people: Part 1 from The Royal Society of Medicine. Scheduled today: Tuesday 9 June, 7.00pm to 8.00pm This is the first webinar is a three part series in-which we will discuss the different approaches to understanding and responding to pain in older people, using insights from psychology, nursing and medicine. Participants will learn […]
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Imperial College London has formed a new social enterprise VacEquity Global Health (VGH) to bring its COVID-19 vaccine to the world. For the UK and low-income countries abroad, Imperial and VGH will waive royalties and charge only modest cost-plus prices to sustain the enterprise’s work, accelerate global distribution and support new research. The social enterprise’s […]
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The Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC), a not-for-profit organisation established to provide the UK’s first strategic vaccine development and advanced manufacturing capability has signed its first industry partnership agreement with gene and cell therapy group Oxford Biomedica plc. The agreement signed today involves the organisations collaborating to enable scaled-up manufacture of viral vector based […]
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COVID-19 Series: Vaccines Episode 20 will be broadcast on zoom on Tue 9 Jun 2020 from 12:30pm to 1:00pm. Key speakers: Professor Robin Shattock, Head of Mucosal Infection and Immunity at Imperial College London. Dr Thomas Breuer, Chief Medical Officer at GSK Vaccines. A safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 is generally regarded as the only way […]
Dental practices in England are set to reopen from Monday [8 June] but it won’t quite be business as usual, with limited treatments on offer and a reduction in the number of patients that can be seen. While dental practices tackle the challenges to bring full dental services back to the public, the Oral Health […]
STARS unveils new online Syncope Healthcare Pioneer Report to honour the memory of Dr Adam Fitzpatrick. The arrhythmia community suffered a great loss with the unexpected death of Dr Adam Fitzpatrick on Sunday 19th January 2020. STARS and its sister charities have lost a passionate and committed member of our ‘team’; the healthcare community has […]
The Royal Society of Medicine and the Health Education Kent Surrey Sussex (HEKSS) Deanery, are hosting a new webinar series for all trainees working in frontline medicine. This two-part series will provide case-based scenarios covering the most common acute medical presentations, including cardiology, respiratory, neurology and acute medicine. Experts in their fields, our panel of […]
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Many people woefully ignorant about food safety risks posed by COVID-19. A new study conducted by researchers from University College London has identified potentially harmful misperceptions about COVID-19 and nutrition. With a number of world leaders spreading dangerous advice about drinking disinfectant or even injecting it or taking antimalarial drugs for COVID-19 prevention despite scientists’ warnings, inoculating […]
Stimulating research gives new treatment hope for Tourette Syndrome. New research has found that delivering electrical pulses to the wrist can significantly reduce the amount and severity of tics experienced by individuals with Tourette Syndrome (TS), giving new hope for an effective treatment. Scientists from the University of Nottingham’s School of Psychology and School of Medicine used […]
Cancer backlog requires an emergency national response similar to the pandemic. The backlog of cancer cases due to Covid-19 will require an emergency national response similar to the response to Covid-19 itself to prevent a full-blown health crisis in the coming months, according to one of the UK’s top cancer experts and former head of […]
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