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A mole can be either subdermal (under the skin) or a pigmented growth on the skin, formed mostly of a type of cell known as a melanocyte. The high concentration of the body's pigmenting agent, melanin, is responsible for their dark color. Moles are a member of the family of skin lesions known as nevi (singular "nevus"), occurring commonly in ...
NHS Improvement (NHSI) was a non-departmental body in England, responsible for overseeing the National Health Service's foundation trusts and NHS trusts, as well as independent providers that provide NHS-funded care. It supported providers to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care within local health systems that are ...
The NHS Health Check is a preventive healthcare programme in the United Kingdom offered by National Health Service. The programme invites adults aged between 40 and 74 in England for a health check-up every five years to screen for key conditions including heart disease , diabetes , kidney disease , and stroke . [ 1 ]
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, stresses importance of checking moles after skin cancer diagnosis. Patrick Smith. Updated January 22, 2024 at 10:34 AM. Stephane Cardinale.
In dermatology, a mole map is a medical record which records an image and the location of lesions and/or moles, or dark spots on the human body.Such a record is useful for diagnosis of cancer a priori or as a baseline which can be compared against later images to determine when there has been a visual change which may indicate cancer.
December 2014 [19] to 2020 [20] – Michael Rawlins (also chaired UK Biobank; previously chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) September 2020 to July 2023 – Stephen Lightfoot (also chaired Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust) [21]
The programs comprising Skin Biology and Diseases support a broad portfolio of basic, translational, and clinical research in skin. These efforts include work on the developmental and molecular biology of skin and skin appendages (such as the hair follicle), the study of skin as an immune organ, and the genetics of skin diseases.