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How to manage Bacterial Meningitis: Early signs and symptoms (Course full)

Event date:

15 April 2013

Event Location:

Portland by Thistle Hotel, Manchester

5.5 CPD points

Overview

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'How to Manage Bacterial Meningitis: Early Signs and Symptoms' has been developed by the RCPCH and is supported by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Limited.

In partnership with organisations representing health professionals, children and young people, and parents and carers, the College manages and supports projects in paediatric medicines.

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The Healthy School Child Programme (HSCP) will be an interactive, evidence-based e-learning resource covering the mental and physical wellbeing of children aged 5-11.

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More Scots women avoiding alcohol during pregnancy

A growing number of Scottish women are avoiding alcohol completely during pregnancy, a major study has found.

There are also more parents who regularly read to their children, according to the Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) study, published today.

It looked at life as a 10-month-old child in Scotland in 2011. It found that compared with a previous cohort of young families six years ago, more mothers completely avoided alcohol during pregnancy.

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Gay men must receive cancer vaccine for girls, says BMA

The British Medical Association has written to health minister Anna Soubry calling on her to introduce HPV vaccinations for young gay men attending sexual health clinics.

Young girls receive HPV vaccinations to protect them from cervical cancer, and the vaccinations also protect against anal cancer.

The BMA pointed to an 'alarming increase in anal cancer in gay men' - the disease is rising at 1% to 3% a year in most developed countries.

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Research suggests that a mother can cut her risk of ovarian cancer by almost two-thirds if she breastfeeds her baby.

Scientists found that the longer a mother breastfeeds, the greater the protection against the cancer.

The research adds to the evidence of the health benefits of breastfeeding, with studies previously showing that it is linked to a reduced chance of developing breast cancer.

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Genetic tests could pave way to 'personalised' asthma drug

New research claims that routine genetic testing could save a significant number of children from being given drugs that do not help their asthma or even make it worse.

Researchers in Brighton and Dundee looked at children whose asthma is poorly controlled and found that drugs be the problem in a number of cases.

They found that salmeterol worked poorly in children with a certain genetic variant, raising the prospect of genetic testing for children being considered for the drug.

A simple saliva test could identify the children in question.

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GPs concerned over separated parents seeking children's medical records

A sharp rise in the number of calls from doctors concerned about requests for children’s medical details has been reported by the Medical Protection Society (MPS), a leading medical defence organisation.

Most of the calls come from fathers who are divorced or separated from their children’s mother and who do not have the children living with them permanently.

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