Stories
- Article
The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
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The building as tool of healing
When we’re ill, it’s not just medical care that helps to treat us. Architects have discovered that the right environment can play an important part too.
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Active pensioners, blooming gardens
To reach your 70s with over 300,000 Twitter followers or running a music festival is not the stereotypical image of retirement. But does this energetic engagement with life equal happiness?
Catalogue
- Books
Treating prostate cancer : questions and answers / Joanne Wilson [and others].
Date: [2007], ©2007- Digital Images
- Online
Castration resistant prostate cancer, human tissue
Mateus Crespo, The Institute of Cancer Research- Ephemera
Cancer ephemera. Box 3.
- Videos
Curing cancer.
Date: 2014- Archives and manuscripts
Tyrrell, David (1925-2005)
Tyrrell, David (1925-2005)Date: 1914-2000Reference: PP/TYR