The Royal Society of Medicine and ITN Productions have launched a news and current affairs-style programme, ‘21st Century Healthcare, that will explore the collaborative approach to medicine, encourage new thinking and look at solutions to prominent healthcare issues. […]
Pancreatic Cancer UK has received accreditation from the Information Standard for the fourth year in a row for its range of publications about pancreatic cancer. The resources aim to assist healthcare professionals in giving advice on the disease, and help them provide the best support to patients and their carers. The charity began publishing information […]
Exposure to air pollution on city streets is enough to counter the beneficial health effects of exercise in older adults, according to new research. The findings, published today in The Lancet, show that short term exposure to air pollution in built up areas like London’s busy Oxford Street can prevent the positive effects on the […]
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The Kingston and St George’s Nursing oral history project ‘Nurse’s voices’ captures the experiences of nurses working at St George’s hospital in the 1940’s and 50’s. In this video you can hear their memories of working on the wards at Christmas time. […]
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Research has shown that 3,000 headaches occur every day per million people in the general population. This equates to over 190,000 headaches every day in the UK. The Migraine Trust states that migraines are the third most common disease in the world, with an estimated global prevalence of 14.7% (that’s around 1 in 7 people). […]
Official video for Streets Of London, performed by Ralph McTell featuring the Crisis Choir and guest vocalist Annie Lennox. Buy the single here from […]
Watch this short animation outlining the concept and thinking behind our Responsive Interactive Advocate (RITA) project. RITA concept outlined from RITA Advocate on Vimeo. […]
Pancreatic cancer is a truly tough challenge for researchers but a ‘back to basics’ approach to pancreatic cancer research can save more lives . The disease has the lowest survival rate of the 20 most common cancers, and less than seven per cent of patients in the UK will live beyond five years. Survival rates […]
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Last week, Dr Satveer Mahil won the coveted Wesleyan RSM Trainee of the Year 2017 prize against stiff competition from many other talented young trainee doctors. Her research project was focused on assessing treatment options for psoriasis, the skin condition. Here, the specialist registrar in dermatology based at St John’s Institute of Dermatology in London […]
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RITA is a digital robot – an avatar that appears on a phone or tablet screen and can interact with older people to cater for their needs. RITA, which stands for Responsive Interactive Advocate, harnesses emerging technologies from the entertainment industry, including voice recognition and facial recognition software, to innovate future models of personalised care. […]