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Henry Oliver
Editor: Business Management
Henry Oliver is a Skills Development Consultant and has valuable experience in business
operations and the management of client relations, finances, human capital and the marketing function
in both the educational and retail industries.
This experience, accumulated over many years, is underpinned by a Bachelors Degree that focused
on both education and commerce. For this study he won the SAOU-award as best student in Education during 1999.
He also recently completed his MBA (part-time) at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB).
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Henry for his contribution to eCPD.
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| Feature Article of the month |
Screening for Breast Cancer
Breast self-examination has been shown not to improve cancer-specific or all-cause mortality in large studies,
but it is commonly advocated as a noninvasive screen. Patients who choose to perform self-examination should be
trained in appropriate technique and follow-up.
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The risk of breast cancer in adolescents related to their diet
Early life exposures, including diet, have been implicated in the etiology of breast cancer. A nested case-control study was
conducted among participants in the Nurses' Health Study who completed a 24-item questionnaire about diet during high school.
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Ultrasonographic breast imaging.
One hundred sixty-two consecutive solid masses with a tissue diagnosis were reviewed. Three radiologists
reviewed the masses without knowledge of clinical history or histologic examination results.
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Breast asymmetry and predisposition to breast cancer.
It has been shown in our previous work that breast asymmetry is related to several of the known risk factors for breast cancer,
and that patients with diagnosed breast cancer have more breast volume asymmetry, as measured from mammograms, than age-matched
healthy women.
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Nutrition and Cancer 2
Dairy products have been hypothesized to have opposing effects on breast cancer risk because they contain both potentially
protective and deleterious compounds. Dairy foods are the major source of calcium and vitamin D, metabolically interrelated
and highly correlated dietary factors that may influence breast carcinogenesis through a variety of mechanisms.
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31st South African National Blood Transfusion Congress
Boksburg: 15 - 18 November 2009
This year’s congress is committed to showcasing the latest projects and most interesting findings
of blood banking and blood transfusion practitioners in South Africa. The 31st National Blood
Transfusion Congress aims to fulfill the important goals which are crucial to the enlightenment
and development of the blood transfusion industry.
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Emergency Medicine Congresss
Cape Town: 23 - 26 November 2009
Following the great success of EMSSA's initial international conference (held in October 2007
in Cape Town); this conference offers a real opportunity for international experts to help shape
the way that the speciality develops in developing world.
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5th Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) Conference
Durban: 30 November - 2 December 2009
As an African public health association, they are committed to strengthening local and regional capacity in public health skills.
They intend to use the conference both as a regional networking exercise and as a formal skills-building exercise.
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Breast cancer has shifted from a taboo subject to one that is discussed freely in the media and in our daily lives.
Bryan Habana and over 1,800 children will attempt to break the existing Guinness World Records total of the most people washing their hands at the same time, in the same place.
Many U.S. children face a terrible burden of stressors that can harm the development of their brains and nervous systems.
Unhealthy eating habits can damage your eyes and exacerbate eye-related diseases such as diabetes and glaucoma.
Osteoporosis affects potentially 4.6million South Africans, and like any other terminal illness it requires South Africans to stand together in creating awareness and alleviating this ‘silent pandemic'
The action of a small protein that is a major villain in Alzheimer's disease can be counterbalanced with another brain protein.