NHS Lothian is about to launch a new way of tackling cancer. New screening arrangements will result in people with bowel cancer being picked up early. This maximises the chances of successful treatment and will save lives.
18 Mar, 7.30-9.00pm, St Bride's Centre, Dalry, Edinburgh. Early Life Stress, Steroids and the 'Programming' of Body, Brain and Behaviour, a talk by Jonathan Seckl, will explore the effects of stress and stress hormones during pregnancy on the developing foetus.
A free counselling service for the Polish community is now available. Project FENIKS can be contacted to provide mental health services to new migrants.
Depression Alliance Scotland are running a four day course on Living Life to the Full for practitioners starting on Wednesday 5th September in the West End of Edinburgh.
