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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is used every day in tens of thousands of hospitals around the world, helping doctors to diagnose disease and monitor treatment. Almost 40 years ago, a team of scientists at Aberdeen University built the world’s first human-sized MRI scanner, and used it to perform the first-ever…

The statistics for cancer incidence rates make for sobering reading with the projection that those born in1960s have a one in two chance of being diagnosed with cancer at some time in their lifetime.  The lifetime risk was found to have increased from about 40% to 50% when analysing…

This might surprise you – obesity is the leading cause of cancer after smoking in the UK.  You will have heard the term obesity in the news, at the office, and all over place, but what is “obesity” really?  Obesity is when a person has an unhealthy amount of body…

An ECG (electrocardiogram) is a simple test that can be used to check a heart’s rhythm and electrical activity, designed to detect any underlying issues. The Apple Watch 4 will be the first mainstream wearable gadget, available on the commercial market, to integrate this kind of medical diagnostic technology. My…

3D printing to develop molecular understanding, drug design experience and public engagement skills

As the programme coordinator for the clinical pharmacology and drug discovery programmes, I am always looking for ways to enhance the teaching and learning experience we offer as part of our postgraduate programmes. Not only does this…

Prof Shaun Treweek from the University of Aberdeen’s Health Services Research Unit and Dr Violet Warwick from the University of Dundee’s Breast Imaging Research Group will be turning to steampunk to give an exposition extraordinaire on three important decisions that are made in clinical trials as part of TechFest’s ‘Snappy…

Dr Gordon Fernie and Dr Magaly Alceves from the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU)recently went back in time to demystify clinical trials and explain their importance.

“A Trial at Sea” was a re-enactment for schoolchildren of James Lind’s first clinical trial in 1747, aimed at finding out which medicines…

A small cohort of Aberdeen Medical students began the programme of the first Scottish Medical Humanities summer event “Differing ways of seeing: What medical humanities can offer” last week in the beautiful venue of St Cecilia’s Hall, Concert room and Music Museum, Edinburgh. 

 The Scottish Medical Humanities project aims to…

The first student was enrolled on our Medical Physics MSc programme in September 1968, making this the 50^th anniversary of the programme. To celebrate this we will be hosting an event on the 2^nd of November, which is open to all former staff and students from the Biomedical Physics suite…

Inter-professional Education Conference, Heidelberg, June 19-22, 2018

We are now on our third day here in this beautiful city. I am a third year medical student  in Heidleberg as part of a joint trip with Robert Gordon University to learn about inter-professional learning ihere. We spent the first day getting…