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Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal mental illness refers to new and recurrent mental illness that occurs during pregnancy and the first postnatal year. It includes all mental health conditions that may emerge…

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Updates in Psoriasis

World Psoriasis Day is celebrated annually on 29th October across the world. In the UK, Psoriasis Awareness Week, also runs at the end of October and incorporates World…

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Understanding ERCP

What is ERCP? ERCP, otherwise known as Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, is a minimally invasive advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedure that is used to diagnose and treat conditions that affect…

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Ulcerative colitis (UC) Explained

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) indicated by continuous inflammation of the colon’s mucosal lining, and often accompanied by ulcers and bleeding. The…

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The Role of the Genetic Counsellor

Written by Megan Berkeley, Pre-registration Genetic Counsellor; Dr Shauna Quinn; Lynsey Marriott, Pre-registration Genetic Counsellor, Department of Clinical Genetics, CHI at Crumlin Genetic Counsellors are a specialised group…