~ The Chair’s Blog ~
I couldn’t put it off any more, and so this morning I started work on my presentation at the International B12 Conference that takes place at the University of Aarhus in Denmark next month. I have been asked to give a 20-minute presentation on how the problems with...
So – we patients with full-blown Autoimmune Pernicious Anaemia stand a slightly higher chance of developing gastric cancer than the rest of the population. Doctors are not generally concerned about this as the risk is relatively low (I deal with this in my latest...
A Step in the Right Direction - Update on Pilot Scheme Last week I travelled to north Wales for a meeting with one of the doctors and practice nurses of the health centre that is hoping to introduce a pilot programme that will see patients with Pernicious Anaemia...
I've been asked to thank all those who volunteered to take part in Prof Hunter's Research Programme that is investigating why some patients need more frequent treatment than others. We appealed for members who manage perfectly well on the 3-month regime in the UK. We...
Two weeks ago I was contacted by a journalist from the BBC who herself had been contacted by one of our members regarding the old chestnut – frequency of injections. The member had been on monthly injections (just like patients were treated in the 1960’s) but had...
You may remember me writing about a new research proposal from a team of professionals from a number of Universities and that the application process for a grant for several millions of pounds was starting. Well yesterday I saw the final grant submission - and what a...
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