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Medicine comes home to St Andrews

A major new partnership between the University of St Andrews and NHS Fife will benefit patient care and medical research in the Kingdom of Fife, while boosting Scotland’s overall training provision for new doctors. The…

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Golf on prescription

A pioneering health initiative has been piloted in Fife with golf  ‘prescribed’ for individuals to encourage a more active lifestyle. The R&A and the University of St Andrews School of Medicine have collaborated with…

Ebola preparedness in Rwanda

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in DR Congo continues to present challenges, not only to those who are directly affected, but to neighbouring countries.  Dr Sloan, a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the School of Medicine at the…