New High-Risk Gene Mutation Discovered for Ovarian Cancer
Medscape
However, the proposed reason this genetic defect appears to increase ovarian cancer risk (impaired DNA repair) is similar to that of BRCA1 and BRCA2," he told Medscape Medical News. "The preclinical studies suggesting a favorable impact of PARP …

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New Edition of The Paralympian Available Online
International Paralymic Committee
This year's second edition of The Paralympian, the official magazine of the International Paralympic Committee, is now available to read online. To celebrate the countdown to the London 2012 Paralympic Games, this edition is a 'One Year to Go' special. …

'Community spirit' helps clean up after London riots
Jewish Chronicle
Medical student Richard Daniels had some free time and was one of more than 80 volunteers who turned out in Camden today, following the closure of the high street and Camden and Chalk Farm stations last night. He said that despite scenes of devastation …

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IS BRITAIN READY FOR SUPER-COP?
Express.co.uk
And the blustering outrage of the police union – “Just as one would not expect a medical student to act as a surgeon I am not sure the public would want people on work experience in command of high-risk situations” was the bizarre response of the …

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Just what the doctor ordered: Medical taster day at Sheffield University
The Star
Karl Boulton, aged 21, Medical Student Ambassador and a former SOAMS student, said: “I wanted to be involved in this summer school to help give something back to the scheme that helped me so much to get where I am today. …

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News in Brief:
Sheffield Telegraph
FIFTY Year 12 pupils from across South Yorkshire joined a residential summer school to experience life as a medical student at the University of Sheffield. Under the University's Outreach and Access to Medicine Scheme, they spent four days living and …

Teenager mauled to death by polar bear named as British tourist Horatio Chapple
Telegraph.co.uk
Horatio Chapple, 17, an aspiring medical student, was killed when the animal rampaged into the tent in which he and his friends were sleeping on a glacier in Svalbard, Norway. …

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Encouraging the next generation of doctors
BBC News
… age of twelve or thirteen, and then for those who have a natural aptitude, and who have what it takes to be a doctor, then we could make them much better prepared for the entrance exam, for the interview process, and for life as a medical student. …

Newer Antidepressants in Older Patients May Be Risky
Medscape
"Our findings are new and unexpected, and need to be confirmed in other studies," lead author Carol Coupland, PhD, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, told Medscape Medical News. "The benefits of the different classes of antidepressant drugs also …

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Man on student road death charge
BBC News
A man has been charged over the death of a medical student who was found lying injured in a road after being hit by a vehicle in north London. Mingwei Tan, 20, was dragged for a mile under a vehicle that hit her near Belsize Park Tube station in …
Man charged over student's deathCambridge News

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