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AYEScreen part of the King and Queen's celebration for 125 years of Cancer Research UK
We were incredibly surprised and honoured that the AYEScreen Study was featured as part of the King and Queen's Reception celebrating 125 years of Cancer Research UK at St James's Palace, and attended by the King, Queen and the Princess of Wales. AYEScreen is investigating to what extent offering vaginal HPV...
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BMJ PODCAST: Cancer is a chronic disease: why don't we treat it as one?
Fantastic to hear Rosalind Adam talking about the latest publication from her team: New analysis calls for cancer to be managed as a chronic disease in primary care | News | The University of Aberdeen as part of the BMJ Podcast series. Follow the link for a great (~14min) listen! Rethinking Cancer...
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New analysis calls for cancer to be managed as a chronic disease in primary care
Cancer should be treated as a chronic condition within primary care to better support the rapidly growing population of cancer survivors, argues a new analysis.
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Population-level data-linkage study exploring unscheduled hospital readmissions after stroke
Dr Melanie Turner and colleagues have published a population-level data-linkage study exploring unscheduled hospital readmissions after stroke. The paper reports that increased unscheduled hospital readmission time was associated with a number of factors including living alone before stroke, having more comorbidities or higher frailty, and more severe stroke.Read the paper published...
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A Story of Skin Cancer Across Two Generations
The ASICA (Achieving Self-directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare) project, led by APC's group lead, Professor Peter Murchie and sponsored by Cancer Research UK (CRUK), has been featured in The Telegraph ASICA is a smartphone app designed to make the skin checks adfter melanoma easier and more efficient. In the article, two induviduals...
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People in poorer areas face lower stroke survival odds
People who have a stroke are more likely to die within a year if they live in more deprived areas according to new research from the University of Aberdeen.
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Leia swaps scrubs for sails to support Tall Ships
Locum Emergency Medicine consultant Dr Leia Kane will be part of a crack team of medics on stand-by to deal with any mishaps involving the 400,000 plus visitors attending this summer's Tall Ships Races Aberdeen.
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Changes in prescription medication could help identify cancer earlier
The University of Aberdeen is partnering in a new study funded by Cancer Research UK that could help detect cancer earlier by analysing the medications patients are prescribed before they are diagnosed.
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£1.3m self-screening trial aims to close inequity gap in Scotland's cervical cancer deaths
A project to understand the barriers to screening for a preventable cancer and to encourage women in the most deprived parts of Scotland to take part in cervical screening by self-testing has been awarded £1.3million.
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Major new study aims to increase understanding of fatigue
Innovative research using AI led by the University of Aberdeen aims to find better ways of managing and treating fatigue.