Dominique Florin

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Dominique Florin

Medical Director at Medical Council on Alcohol

Dr Dominique Florin is the Medical Director of the Medical Council on Alcohol, an educational charity working with doctors, medical students and other health professionals to reduce alcohol related health harm. In addition, the MCA supports public health and policy interventions such as Minimum Unit Pricing and publishes the journal, Alcohol and Alcoholism.

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Medics tackling alcohol misuse - 10th January 2017

Medics tackling alcohol misuse

Integrative, Lifestyle, NHS
More people choosing alternative medicine
Use of practitioner-led complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as acupuncture, massage, osteopathy and chiropractic treatment, rose from 12 per cent of the population in 2005 to 16 per cent …
Diabetes, Global Reach, Out of Africa
Understanding type 2 diabetes in Malawi
Researchers at the University of Glasgow are collaborating with Malawian scientists to try to find out why some people in Malawi develop type 2 diabetes – even though many are …
Infection/Disease, NHS, Paediatrics, Pharmacy/Drugs
Safety concerns around aluminium adjuvants
It is approximately 10 years since we began our investigations into aluminium adjuvants and specifically their mode of action. We have reviewed the field in our new publication in Allergy, …
Events, Junior Doctors, NHS, Nursing, Student Blogs, Women's Health
Keeping NHS workers safe
As NHS workers, we’ve all felt uneasy or isolated at times travelling home late, or in the wee hours. On November 8th the Suzi Lamplugh Trust, founded in 1986, by …
Global Reach, Innovation
Remembering Stephen Hawking
When Stephen Hawking and I first met through our families’ common interest in autism, I respectfully addressed him as Professor Hawking. To be immediately (or as immediately as his then …

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