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Friday, 14 October 2016 by Athena Karsera, Cyprus Weekly Creating a strong foundation in primary care is something stakeholders would be wise to keep in mind while creating Cyprus’ long-awaited new National Health Scheme (NHS,) an international expert has suggested. Medical Director for Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Europe and RCGP Representative to the World [...]
Friday, 09 September 2016 A new immunotherapy treatment has shown dramatic results in treating advanced pancreatic cancer, a deadly cancer that has seen little progress in treatment over the last 20 years. Patients in a trial who received the new treatment, IMM-101 with chemotherapy, showed a significant survival advantage over those receiving chemotherapy alone. Most [...]
Wednesday, 07 September 2016 Dr Dimitrios Kanakis is the editor of a new book titled: ‘Pituitary Adenoma: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment Options’ The intention of the book, which was recently published (3rd quarter of 2016 ) by Nova Science Publishers, Inc., is to illustrate the current scientific results regarding the pathogenesis and progression of [...]
Wednesday, 07 September 2016 The Medical School in collaboration with the Cyprus Psychiatric Association and the Cyprus Children’s Psychiatric Association held a joint scientific symposium on 2 September at Archbishop Makarios Hospital in Nicosia under the title ‘’Current Developments in Psychiatry’’. The keynote lecture on ‘Evidence Based Medicine in Psychiatry’ was delivered by distinguished guest [...]
Monday, 29 August 2016 The World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) approved on 15 August the Medical School’s application to become an academic member of WONCA. This is a very welcome recognition of the School's activities in education and research. WONCA is the leading global primary care body. It is a not-for-profit organisation, founded in 1972 by 18 [...]
Friday, 26 August 2016 A new study is holding out the possibility of more affordable electrocardiograph screening evaluations for young athletes. Identifying young athletes with potentially serious heart disease is an important focus of the medical community. Electrocardiographic (ECG) screening for cardiac disease can reduce the frequency of sudden cardiac death by nearly 90%. However [...]
The organisation that represents medical schools across the UK has appointed Professor Jenny Higham its first woman Chair in its history. The Medical Schools Council (MSC), which promotes health and knowledge through biomedical research and the medical profession, has elected Professor Jenny Higham, Principal of St George’s, University of London, as its new Chair. Jenny [...]
On April 8 members of the mobile clinic club gave a presentation in Greek on the effects of smoking to 150 teenagers age 14 at the public high school of Makedonitissa A. The event was organised in collaboration with the Health Committee of the Engomi Municipality. Congratulations to students Eleni Hadjicosta, Yiannis Balanos, Kristi Constantinou [...]
Two presentations on the effects of smoking were the last of a series of presentations for the academic year 2015-16 to several public and private Schools on youth-related health issues by the Mobile Clinic Club. The first one took place at The English School in Nicosia [...]
