Plain Language Summary of Vitamin D Paper
We have recently studied Vitamin D levels in 40 children with CMN. This study showed us that 40% of the group had low Vitamin D levels and should therefore take a supplement.
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We have recently studied Vitamin D levels in 40 children with CMN. This study showed us that 40% of the group had low Vitamin D levels and should therefore take a supplement.
You may remember this News Article we published from Ella Guest, Senior Research Fellow based at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), in August 2021. The paper that Dr Ella Guest wrote as her doctoral thesis, based on this work, has now been published in the journal Body Image. The paper concludes “In summary, this…
We are proud to announce our newly designed ‘Last Appointment Card,’ which will mark the end of an era for our members as they visit Great Ormond Street Hospital for the last time and transition to adult services. This card was designed by one of our Young Ambassadors who joined us for work experience in July.
It was that time of year again, our annual Support Contact Training Day! As the day arrived, our team travelled from across the UK and Ireland to join us in person, whilst those who were joining online got set up at home for the day with a gifted box of biscuits and a hot chocolate!
In October 2023, the charity’s Treasurer, Ian, and his 17-year-old daughter Jasmin attended the Royal College of General Practitioners Conference (RCGP) in Glasgow to represent Caring Matters Now.
This year the team has just published a really important paper looking at people who hadn’t had a gene identified in their skin – in other words, they didn’t have either the NRAS spelling mistake gene changes or the BRAF spelling mistake gene change.
In September, Caring Matters Now went out on the road again to continue to raise awareness of Congenital Melanocytic Naevi (CMN). This time, we travelled to Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, to exhibit as part of the British Dermatological Nursing Group (BDNG) Conference 2023. Despite having one of the smallest stands in comparison to the pharmaceutical…
During this session at our BIG Weekend, we had the privilege of hosting an annual research update from Professor Veronica Kinsler, world leading specialist in CMN.
During the week of the 17th-21st July, Maddie, one of our Young Ambassadors joined us for work experience. Throughout her week with us, Maddie had the opportunity to get involved in many aspects of charity life and put new skills into practice including public speaking, journal writing and producing a ‘walk-through’ of the website. Opportunity to…
It’s a long way to Tipperary! Or is it? As we were planning our annual support event for Dublin Zoo in October this year, we had a brainwave to host another gathering somewhere else in the country. Ireland’s not that big and with our positive “sure it’ll be grand!” attitude, we embarked on hosting two…