Saving Faces carried out a survey of pharmacists across the UK to assess the advice given for someone reporting the classical early symptoms of mouth cancer. The Department of Health is seeking to expand the role of community pharmacists as providers of primary care, easing the load on GPs by providing advice and treatment for minor ailments. This expanded role would require that pharmacists are able to correctly diagnose potentially serious symptoms. and give appropriate advice. Any patient who has had a mouth ulcer for four weeks should be immediately referred to a specialist for diagnosis.
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Sep
The second national survey of all facial injuries recorded over a one week period took place between 12 and 19 September 2008. Over 8700 case report forms were completed in hospitals all over the UK. Preliminary findings demonstrate that the number of accidents related the consumtion of alcohol has increased since the previous survey was undertaken in 1997
The greatest average number of units (2.51) was consumed by 16 to 25 year olds, but they did not drink significantly more than 26 to 35 or 36 to 45 year olds. We also found that:
- 66% of assaults were alcohol related
- 15% of accidents were alcohol related
- In the 16 to 55 year age groups this rises to 73%
- 45% of cases where alcohol was involved were serious, compared to just 33% of cases alcohol was not involved
- Incidents involving alcohol were 1.7 times more likely to be serious
In 2004 Saving Faces carried out a survey to see just how effective the national curriculum for tobacco education is and how it might be improved on. Once teenagers begin to smoke, they can quickly become addicted to nicotine and this, together with the social and psychological factors associated with smoking, makes it difficult for them to stop.Saving Faces’ promotion work in schools continues. The results of the 2004 survey, investigating the effectiveness of national curriculum tobacco education, have been published by the highly rated journal Health Education Research.
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Mar
The story of Jose Mestre from Portugal attracted considerable media attention after Professor Iain Hutchison took part in a documentary looking at treatment options for him, which was featured on Discovery and Five.
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Mar
Saving Faces researchers demonstrating the Cyscope technology at the 2009 Schools Science Conference were overwhelmed by the interest in our work.
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The Saving Faces and Reconstruction Debate – The Guardian/BBC, 4 March 2008
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Mar
The Saving Faces debate on The Face and Reconstruction, which took place on 4th March 2008 at the Southbank Centre attracted considerable media interest. The panel consisted of eminent surgeons, psychologists, and scientists, including Professor Bernard Devauchelle, who lead the world’s first face transplant operation in 2005. Prof Iain Hutchison, founder of Saving Faces, chaired the debate.
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Nov
Maggie and John Lowe decided that to celebrate her 65th birthday they were going to do something different and raise money for Saving Faces. They completed a twenty one day trekking adventure which took them to three distinctly different regions of Tibet. Setting out from Kathmandu in Nepal and flying over the Himalayas to Lhasa in Tibet. They visited Lake Namtso, a fascinating pilgrimage site in central Tibet, then explored the mountains near Shigatse, where many remote monasteries and nunneries are hidden away. Finally, they trekked towards Mt Everest and camped at the Dza Rongphu Monastery.
The wisdom tooth (or third molar) is usually the last tooth to erupt into the mouth anytime after about 16 years of age. Frequently there is not enough room to accommodate wisdom teeth and as such they do not come into the mouth normally. When this happens, the wisdom teeth are said to be “impacted”. Wisdom teeth are usually either impacted forwards into the tooth in front or backwards into the jaw bone.
You have a cut on your face which needs to be stitched. The doctor who has examined you has already decided that it is too big to be glued or taped. The treatment that is about to take place involves a general anaesthetic, ie: you are about to be put to sleep completely.