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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 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 [...] 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 [...] A Cancer Research UK press release out today suggests that people with higher levels of vitamin D in their blood have a lower risk of colorectal cancer (you can read the original paper in the British Medical Journal Jenab et al 2010). This is particularly important in Scotland because we only get about 5 % [...] This is a geeky post aimed at the scientists, the journal “Cell” is trying out a new way of showing scientific articles online and (in my opinion), it looks great. Normally you have to pay a lot of money to read Cell (an online only individual subscription for one year costs about £180). For [...] It’s freezing so now seems as good a time as any to mention Mamcillan’s campaign to Freeze out Fuel Poverty. According to Macmillan 1 in 5 cancer patients can’t afford to heat their homes. If you have cancer Macmillan provide a factsheet about help with fuel bills. In the first instance they suggest you contact your [...] In September 2009 I drew your attention to an interview between Gordon Brown and the Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK, Harpal Kumar. In the interests of fairness, I thought I’d point out that Cancer Research UK have posted a similar interview with David Cameron called “David Cameron speaks exclusively to Cancer Research UK CEO [...] |
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