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Welcome to Simply4Patients

This website is for a UK audience of patients and carers. If you live outside of the UK please check the list of country-specific patient sites. This website is not intended to replace the advice of a qualified health professional.

Within the site you will find valuable information aimed at both patients and their carers, on a wide range of diseases and conditions, as well as treatment options to help you understand how a disease develops.

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    • Feb 12, 2010  : High-dose prostate RT surpasses conventional dose in long-term outcome

      Superior long-term cancer control can be achieved in men with early-stage prostate cancer by treating them with high-dose conformal radiation therapy rather than conventional-dose conformal treatment, researchers report.

    • Nov 27, 2009  : Omalizumab benefits Asian asthma patients

      Omalizumab improves disease control in Asian patients with moderate-to-severe asthma without causing any significant adverse events, researchers report in findings that are consistent with those from studies conducted in other ethnic groups.

    • Jun 30, 2009  : Selenium may worsen prostate cancer in some men

      High levels of selenium in the blood may worsen prostate cancer in some men who already have the disease, results of a US study suggest.

    • Jun 30, 2009  : Two eggs a day ‘does not increase cholesterol levels’

      Eating two eggs a day, as part of an energy-restricted weight-loss diet, does not increase levels of ‘bad’ or total cholesterol, results of a UK study show.

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Date of preparation: August 2008

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