
Golf on prescription
A pioneering health initiative has been piloted in Fife with golf ‘prescribed’ for individuals to encourage a more active lifestyle. The R&A and the University of St Andrews School of Medicine have collaborated with…
A pioneering health initiative has been piloted in Fife with golf ‘prescribed’ for individuals to encourage a more active lifestyle. The R&A and the University of St Andrews School of Medicine have collaborated with…
The Inaugural Collaborative Research and Innovation Symposium for the University of St Andrews and NHS Fife took place on Wednesday 26 October 2022 at the Balgeddie House Hotel in Glenrothes. The Symposium was…
The University of St Andrews School of Medicine will be well represented at the annual Departments of General Practice in Scotland (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow & St Andrews: ADEGS) conference scheduled to take…
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN SCOTLAND WILL BECOME LEADING EXPERTS IN MULTIMORBIDITY The School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews joins a consortium of Scottish universities led by the University of Glasgow to…
Lung cancer affects more than 5000 people every year in Scotland and within a year 4000 have died, usually because the diagnosis is made too late for curative treatment. Now results from the Early detection of Cancer…
Early diagnosis key to survival A new institute, created to help improve earlier diagnosis of cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental health and infection, has been launched at the University of St Andrews. Early…
Lung cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer in Scotland, with a quarter of all cancer deaths attributed to lung cancer. The current five-year survival rate is approximately 60% for stage I lung cancer but…
Over the summer, third year medical student Janan Illango took part in the John Bradley Clinical Research Program held in Toronto, Canada. The John Bradley Clinical Research Program has two core components: a) learning…
As part of the British Science Week, visitors of the Dundee Science Centre had the opportunity to learn and talk about the ECLS early cancer detection test for lung cancer.
On 14th June Iuliana Kanya, Henry Rae and Frank Sullivan led a Summer School Subject Taster Session for 4th year school pupils on Fife interested in studying medicine in St Andrews.