Wednesday 28 September 2011

4 Bioscanners Donated (1st September 2011)

The Graham Fulford Charitable Trust

 We are very pleased to announce that the first four scanners to be donated by the Charity have gone to Chorleywood and Hereford. Together with the consumables donated along with the scanners this first donations means that 200 tests can be carried out in each area.

Further donations are planned over the next few weeks for: 
Olney
Crewe
Stourbridge
Cumbria
Tranmere &
Warwick

This will represent a total investment to date of some £25,600. Graham hopes to have established 20 support groups offering the facility by the middle of 2012 with target of 25,000 PSA tests to be conducted over the year. Graham said “We generally find 25 cancers for every 1000 tests conducted and have so far helped find some 450 cancers alongside numerous other prostate conditions that may simply require medication”.

  4 Bioscanners Donated

Our First Mediwatch Test Sessions 31/08/11

The Graham Fulford Charitable Trust

 The charity has recently carried out two highly successful pilot testing sessions utilising the very latest Mediwatch PSA Watch Bioscanners.

 

 These new scanners allow us to process blood samples and provide results in under 15 minutes. The first sessions were held in Warwick and Rugby with 36 men tested at each venue. Graham Fulford said, “We were absolutely delighted with success of both events and feedback from those attending was generally excellent. With any new technology there are bound to be a few teething issues which have since been resolved and we are looking forward to rolling out a national programme of events via local support groups throughout 2012”

 

 The great advantage of the MediWatch Bioscan system is not only the speed with which results can be made available but as the system is small and flexible it enables the holding of many more smaller events in each area. The Graham Fulford Charitable Trust

Wednesday 21 September 2011

Thursday 15 September 2011

Mediwatch is Supporting Blue September

(UK) Free prostate checks in Winsford

As far as I am aware there is only one Bioscan linked with PSA testing in 10 minutes and that is a PSAwatch cassette which is then read by the Bioscan.
 

Tuesday 13th September 2011


MEN over the age of 50 are being urged to get their prostate checked at a special, organised event taking place in Winsford next week.
Gary Steele, Winsford resident and campaigner for better prostate care, has arranged for the event to go ahead in a bid to educate more men and alleviate the fears associated with checking prostate cancer.
The event, to be held at Winsford Conservative Club, in Ways Green, will give men the opportunity to find out their PSA in just 10 minutes using the latest equipment, called a Bioscan.
Gary, who is also the chairman of Leighton Hospital Prostate Cancer Support Group, said: “The equipment has been used for about two years but it is very sparse – it’s only group like us that are using it at the moment.
“Since we have been doing tests like these more and more men have been turning up, probably because we’re not in a doctors environment.
“The test takes just a couple of minutes and uses a small blood sample taken from the thumb.”
Gary said that an average of eight per cent of men test positive, with 15 per cent recording a borderline score.
“The good side is the fact those men are in the system to be treated or on active surveillance,” he added.
“The Bioscan will provide us with the means to test men anywhere, anytime and may just help to reduce the present high mortality from this type of cancer.”
The session will be held on Thursday, September 22, starting at 11am.