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London calling: Confronting hepatocellular carcinoma through collaborative research
Primary liver cancer, of which hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) constitutes 80-85%, is the third largest cause of cancer mortality in the world with an aggressive and unequal distribution that falls heavily on sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The HCC prevalence rates in … Continue reading
‘Learning to Doctor’ – New blog explores the role of non-clinical, community-based placements in medical education and practice
Readers of the CMH blog may be interested in our colleague Dr Simon Forrest’s blog ‘Learning to Doctor’: exploring the role of non-clinical, community-based placements in medical education and practice. Simon is an award-winning senior teaching fellow at Durham’s School … Continue reading
A graduate lesson in global health and poverty
Through funding from the Department for International Development (DfID), I have recently spent six months working with local communities to support health education and disability projects in Lesotho. My weeks were split between the Resource Centre for the Blind (RCB), … Continue reading
Global Health & Development: Rearing medical minds in Lesotho
Having returned to the UK after six months in Lesotho on a programme funded by the Department for International Development (DfID), I’ve been given a graduate lesson in the obstacles and opportunities facing health in this corner of Southern Africa. … Continue reading
Medical Humanities in Helsinki
Martyn Evans and Jane Macnaughton were part of an international group presenting a series of talks on aspects of the medical humanities to a group of clinicians and students in Helsinki on Friday 1st June. On a cool but sunny … Continue reading
Postcard from Christchurch
This picture tells a surprising story. I took it a few days ago in Christchurch, NZ, just metres from North Beach, New Brighton, an ocean-side suburb not far from the epicentre of the second of the two earthquakes that hit … Continue reading
A postcard from Hong Kong
In my recent posting on this blog I briefly described an excellent conference at Hong Kong University (HKU) on the theme of ‘Music and the Body.’ The three days that it occupied so intensively left little room for anything much … Continue reading
Cold hands, warm hearts in Canada
Mike White writes: Edmonton is a blue-collar prairie city. Its suburbs are strewn with oilrigs and its CBD is mostly composed of underground shopping malls and corporate buildings whose smoked-glass facades reflect an immense sky. At this time of year … Continue reading
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Three Consulates and a Clinic: The Smoking Interest Group in Uruguay
Despite their largely European origins, the Uruguayan people greet you with a kiss on a single cheek (the right one). So each time our group of 12 has arrived at one of our many meetings over the last three days, … Continue reading
The Smoking Interest Group in Uruguay: Visiting ‘Respira Uruguay’
Jane Macnaughton writes from Montevideo:When you enter the Respira Uruguay exhibition it is as if you have slipped into the wide thoracic cavity of a large mammal, ribs open to the air and readily able to expand and contract with … Continue reading
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