News & Views: Charity/disease awareness

  World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed each year on 24 March to raise public awareness of the devastating impact of this disease on the lives of patients [1]. This date marks the announcement in 1882 of the discovery of the bacterium that causes TB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which paved the way for effective methods for …

Continue reading “World Tuberculosis Day: ‘Invest to End TB. Save Lives’”

  Background Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition that affects approximately 50 million people worldwide. It is characterised by recurrent seizures due to excessive electrical discharges in the brain [1]. Seizures experienced by individuals with epilepsy can be categorised as generalised (affecting both sides of the brain) or focal (located in one specific area of the …

Continue reading “Epilepsy Awareness: A spotlight on Dravet Syndrome”

  World Kidney Day (WKD) is a joint initiative between the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations aimed at raising awareness of the importance of kidney health and reducing the impact of kidney disease. This year, WKD is Thursday 10 March, with hundreds of events all over the world [1]. Since the …

Continue reading “Kidney health for all: Bridge the knowledge gap to better kidney care”

  Obesity is one of the biggest public health challenges facing the world. Globally, the incidence of obesity has tripled since 1975,[1] and it now affects around 800 million people, with many more at risk. [2] Today is World Obesity Day, a day to raise awareness of the complex causes of obesity, increase knowledge of …

Continue reading “World Obesity Day: “Everybody needs to act””

  As part of our mission to help improve people’s lives, each year Porterhouse Medical Group selects a local charity partner to support using our communications expertise to raise awareness for their cause. Our charity team also works hard throughout the year to organise fundraising activities for the chosen organisation through numerous events such as …

Continue reading “Putting our mission into practice: Announcing Porterhouse Medical’s charity partners for 2022”

Overview There are an estimated 300 million people living with a rare disease and there are over 200 rare cancers globally. To raise awareness for those affected by these rare disorders and to support Rare Disease Day – 28 February 2022 – this article focusses on an extremely rare cancer known as pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). …

Continue reading “Rare Disease Day 2022: A spotlight on pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP)”

  Porterhouse Medical Group is supporting World Cancer Day and its aim to help ‘Close the Care Gap’ in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Health inequity is a pressing and persistent challenge that affects everyone, with the greatest impact felt among the populations of developing countries, where 70% of cancer deaths occur. Take a look …

Continue reading “World Cancer Day: Closing the gap in cancer care”

  Overview To support World Cancer Day – 4 February 2022 – the aim of this article is to raise awareness of an extremely rare cancer known as pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). PMP is a malignant disorder of the abdomen and pelvis characterised by the progressive accumulation of mucinous tumour cells [1]. The annual incidence of …

Continue reading “Pseudomyxoma peritonei: A rare abdominal cancer”

  As of 21 January 2022, the world has been living with the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly two years. The introduction of vaccinations beginning in the UK on 8 December 2020 and the use of lateral flow tests (LFTs), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and self­-isolation following a positive test result have gone some way …

Continue reading “COVID-19: Changing testing requirements and reducing the self-­isolation period”

  Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, despite being largely preventable [1]. Although the aim of vaccination against human papillomaviruses (HPV) is to prevent the disease from occurring, the aim of cervical screening (also known as a smear test) is to detect the disease early. This is because cervical cancer …

Continue reading “Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2022: Screening saves lives”

  As a bit of festive fun and to raise money for our charity partners for 2021, Young Minds, the Porterhouse creative team have run a ‘design a Christmas card competition’ for all the Porterhouse family. We had a lovely selection of entries and are delighted to announce that the winner of the competition is …

Continue reading “Announcing the winner of the Porterhouse charity Christmas card competition”

  The vulnerabilities of vaccines There is no doubt that the development of vaccines was a pivotal moment in the COVID-19 pandemic and that they have saved hundreds of thousands of lives globally [1]. However, accessibility issues surrounding the vaccines have highlighted huge inequalities between high- and low-income countries [2, 3]. To achieve global herd …

Continue reading “Could oral antivirals be the key to conquering COVID-19?”