Understanding Cancer

Foresterhill – Cancer Talk 12th March 2010

Avril — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:50:17 +0000

I have some more details about events going on in and around Aberdeen for National Science and Engineering Week (12th to 21st March 2010). All are open to anyone (though you may have to register in advance for some events).

For a list of all the events in Aberdeen and a downloadable program, visit the Public [...]

CRUK Survey 2010

Avril — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:59:08 +0000

Cancer Research UK carry out a survey every year to see how much people know about both cancer prevention and cancer screening and the work of the charity itself. I received a paper copy of the survey in the post this morning, but you can save a stamp and complete it online. You will be [...]

National Science and Engineering Week 12th to 21st March 2010

Avril — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:52:07 +0000

I though I’d point out that National Science and Engineering Week starts, next week and runs from the 12th to the 21st of March 2010. You can find out more here. There are a couple of events in Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire, on the 13th of March there will be some events on at the new shopping centre, [...]

Information is Beautiful – Are supplements worth it?

Avril — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:31:54 +0000

I found a fascinating website today called “Information is Beautiful“, in particular I was interested in the post “SnakeOil? Scientific Evidence for Health Food Supplements“. This post is based on HUGE amounts of data and is a lot to take in at first glance, it certainly doesn’t look like a conventional graph.

So what’s it all [...]

Ig Nobels are coming to Dundee (and Aberdeen, sort of…)

Avril — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:44:20 +0000

The Ig Nobel awards are given to research that makes you laugh and makes you think. It takes place at Dundee University on Saturday the 13th of March at 6pm. The event is open to the public and tickets are free (but you need to book in advance). You can book tickets online (under “Other [...]

Nick Clegg – Cancer in the UK

Avril — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:15:23 +0000

I have previously written about Gordon Brown and David Cameron’s views on cancer in the UK. This week Nick Clegg, the leader of the liberal democrats has been giving his opinions and they are on the Cancer Research UK website.

Again, like Gordon Brown and David Cameron he starts off by saying that “early detection is [...]

Cancer Research UK Videos

Avril — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:54:53 +0000

Cancer Research UK have produced 4 short videos about detecting cancer early. The videos are each 5 minutes long and discuss breast cancer, bowel cancer, lung cancer and mouth cancer.

Obviously there are lots of other types of cancer and there are also links to early signs and symptoms of other types of cancer. You can [...]

Waiting Times Update

Avril — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:06:27 +0000

Figures out this week show that 96 % of people who were urgently referred and then diagnosed with cancer were treated within 62 days. This means the 95 % target has been reached every quarter for the past year. The average wait was 35 days. NHS Grampian treated 96.8% of people within 62 days.

By 2011 [...]

Cancer Research Grant for Aberdeen

Avril — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:21:35 +0000

The local cancer research charity CRANES – Cancer Research Aberdeen and North East Scotland, have been able to give a grant of £23,000 to Aberdeen University. This is going to be used to research the links between obesity and cancer. To start the study they will be looking at people who have been treated for [...]

Not cancer, but science… Diabetes Talk and Healthy Eating

Avril — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:26:40 +0000

As the title says, this isn’t about cancer but it is about science, on Monday the 15th of February, there will be a talk at Foresterhill about diabetes, over 22, 000 people in Grampian have diabetes so this will probably be of interest to a lot of people. The talk is open to anyone and [...]