Press notes: 14 March
Monday 14 March: webinar 6.00pm to 7.30pm
This webinar will discuss and explore what we know about Charles Bonnet Syndrome, which causes a person with failing eyesight to see things that aren’t real. These hallucinations may be simple patterns, or detailed images of events, people or places, and can be nice or terrifying.
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Wednesday 16 March: webinar 7.00pm to 8.05pm
Sir Terence English KBE FRCS FRCP, highly respected cardiothoracic surgeon, will join Professor Roger Kirby, RSM President, for a conversation about his medical career, his charity work and how he helped pave the way for heart and lung transplantations in the UK and Europe.
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Wednesday 16 March: in person or livestream 6.00pm to 7.30pm
The health system impact of the post-Soviet economic crisis in Russia; hysteria, head injuries and heredity – these are the two topics to be presented by medical students competing for the RSM Norah Schuster history of medicine prize. The presentations will be followed by a lecture on how biosciences have influenced medical history.
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Other news
Dr Bola Owolabi, Director of Health Inequalities at NHS England and NHS Improvement, will give a keynote address at a conference on Thursday 23 June to launch a major Royal Society of Medicine initiative on tackling health inequalities.
To register your interest with the RSM media office, email media@rsm.ac.uk
Notes to editors
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