Information for the General Public
- Read the spring edition of Science in
Parliament
- ATTENTION RADIOGRAPHERS - Your chance to get
involved with the BIR, find out more here
- Report
-Review of the Supply of Molybdenum-99, the Impact of
Recent Shortages and the Implications for Nuclear Medicine Services
in the UK report from ARSAC (The Administration of Radioactive
Substances Advisory Committee)
- Private screening - guidance for
patients
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UK National Screening Committee launches guidance for the general
public on private
screening
Thinking About having Private Screening Test - Things to
consider
- Embolisation UK Poster Presentation 2011
Please click
here for further information.
- NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
Please click here for the full
press release.
- Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord
Compression : SIGNAL
Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression Full Guide
Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression Quick Reference Guide
Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression NICE Guideline
- Public Guidance on Private Screening
For Press Release please
click here. If you are thinking of having a private
screening test please
click here.
- NHS Plans to Zap Cancer with Proton Beams
The National Health Service has shortlisted three sites
around the country to build Britain's first proton therapy centres.
To find out more please
click here.
- Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Statement: Adapting
Medical Regulation for the Telemedicine Era
Telemedicine is growing and offers many opportunities for
UK healthcare delivery. To read more about the Academy of Medical
Royal Colleges' statement please
click here.
- Emotional Intelligence Research -University of
Salford are running a research research project beginning
April 1st April 2010. It is aimed at UK radiographers, assistant
practitioners and nuclear medicine technologists and is focused on
emotional intelligence.
Click here to read more.
- Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 -
Radioactive Substances Act (RSA93) is being significantly modified
with effect from 05 April this year. Much of its current
content will in future be contained within new "Environmental
Permitting Regulations 2010".
- Dr. Nishat Bharwani
in Strictly Come Dancing! - Dr. Nishat Bharwani won
two tickets for Strictly Come Dancing in last BIR Quiz
Competition. She had a 'wonderful evening' at the O2 Arena on
7 February. This lovely lady shared with us a picture of
the evening.
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Enhancement of natural
background gamma-radiation dose around uranium microparticles
in the human body - by John E. Pattison,Richard P.
Hugtenburg and Stuart
Green.
Ongoing controversy surrounds the adverse health effects of the use
of depleted uranium (DU) munitions. The biological effects of
gamma-radiation arise from the direct or indirect interaction
between secondary electrons and the DNA of living cells.
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Audio slideshow: The first
X-rays
German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's image of a ghostly skeletal
hand, wearing an enormous wedding ring, shocked and fascinated the
public when it was published in newspapers in January 1896.
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Reynolds' X-ray machine
voted most important invention of the century by public (press
release of the Science Museum).
The x-ray Machine has been selected by public voters as
the object which they believe has made the greatest impact on the
past, present and future. The invention finished in clear first
place following the public vote, which began on 10 June 2009 as
part of the Science Museum's events to mark its Centenary.
Click here for more information concerning this topic.
- What is an X-ray? What to expect when going to
the hospital for an X-ray?
Several websites exist and can give further details
concerning these questions.
- Patient Information Leaflet
The National Radiological Protection Board has
produced, in collaboration with the College of
Radiographers, the Royal College of Radiologists and the Royal
College of General Practitioners, a leaflet which gives you further
details concerning the different scans that are done at a hospital
and what to except.
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