Applications are no longer accepted for entry to the St George’s, University of London MBBS Programme delivered in partnership with the University of Nicosia (UNIC) Medical School. Learn more about the Undergraduate and Graduate Entry MD programmes offered by the UNIC Medical School.
Monday, 08 May 2017 The University of Nicosia Medical School celebrated the third graduation of doctors in Cyprus with a ceremony held at the Strovolos Municipal Theatre in Nicosia on 5 May. Attended by parents and guests from across the globe the event saw 81 students graduating from three different medical programmes: the St George’s, [...]
The Medical School’s third Graduation Ceremony for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS St George’s, University of London) and Post Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (University of Nicosia Medical School) will be broadcast live, thanks to support from the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta). The ceremony will take place at the Strovolos Municipal [...]
Wednesday, 15 March 2017 Daily screen time of three or more hours is linked to several risk factors associated with the development of diabetes in children, according to a study by St George’s, University of London. Both adiposity, which describes total body fat, and insulin resistance, which occurs when cells fail to respond to [...]
Friday, 10 March 2017 Experts from St George’s University of London, and St George’s Hospital have joined forces to investigate whether a common and cheap malaria drug can be used also against cancer. The researchers and clinicians raised more than £50,000 through a crowdfunding campaign to fund the second part of their trial into whether [...]
Thursday, 23 February 2017 This week new international standards have been published which will help doctors responsible for the cardiovascular care of athletes. Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of mortality in athletes during sport. The majority of disorders likely to cause cardiac problems can be suggested or identified by ECG (electrocardiogram) testing, but [...]
Thursday, 16 February 2017 A new form of congenital muscular dystrophy has been discovered which is caused by mutations in a previously un-linked gene. The study has been published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The discovery will allow a precise genetic diagnosis for a greater number of children affected by this condition, and [...]
Tuesday, 09 January 2017 Researchers have shown that people can improve their physical activity by just using a pedometer, a handbook and an exercise diary and don’t need to rely on one-to-one support. The PACE-UP clinical trial, led by Dr Tess Harris of St George’s, University of London and funded by the National Institute for [...]
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 Initial results of an ongoing research project on Obesity by the Medical School were recently presented at a Cyprus University of Technology conference in Limassol. Dr Alexandros Heraclides, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, who presented the results on behalf of the research team*, stated that: ‘Obesity is a major public health problem [...]
