Tag: Health

Pharmacy South Asian Heritage Month Event- Roots to Routes

Wednesday 13 August 2025 | 5.30pm – 8.30pm Hugh Aston Building, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE2 7BY Join us for our profession wide South Asian Heritage Month event in collaboration with: Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) British Pharmaceutical Students Association (BPSA) Female Pharmacy Leaders Network (FPLN) Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP) Pharmacy Technicians of […]

What I learned from being diagnosed with lung cancer

I’m Louvain and work as a Civil Servant in London. I found out I had lung cancer following a scan for suspected appendicitis.In 2021, I went into hospital for a CT scan as doctors thought I may have appendicitis. It turned out to be an ovarian cyst but at the same time, they also spotted […]

Dr Anisha Patel – I was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 39

Getting diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer at the age of 39 was a real shock. I’m a GP, active mother of two and always been fit and healthy. I don’t have a family history of cancer or any risk factors, so how could it happen to me? As a doctor, perhaps I played down […]