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Young People's Stories
Several young people have written about their experience of cancer and how it has changed them. It's astonishing how positive many of them are about what they have been through.  >more...

Nim Design
Nim Design believes great creative design can be simple - so why complicate the matter? Nim relies on three simple things: strong creative ideas, hard work, and a willingness to listen - an approach that’s not only led to some great work, but some highly satisfied clients.

Gannons Solicitors
Gannons is a niche commercial and employment law firm for businesses and individuals. Experts in analysing risk, protection of assets, managing wealth, and resolving disputes.

JMR Consultants
JMR Consultants are a specialist, independent consultancy providing Board and Senior Executive recruitment, development and support services to the not-for-profit sector.

Trekstock
Originally inspired by a trek for Teenage Cancer Trust, Trekstock organises a huge range of events to raise money for young people with cancer.  But be sure to visit my JustGiving page before flirting with Trekstock!

The hardships trekkers go through are little compared with those of the young people we aim to support.

However, a link is that doctors have been studying the way the body works at high altitude compared with what happens with patients in intensive care.

Dr Mike Grocott took part in a medical expedition to Everest. He said,  "Unfortunately it is quite difficult to separate out the effects of low oxygen back home on the wards from all the other things that are going on.
"Strange as it may seem, Everest is a brilliant model for looking at how humans adapt to low oxygen levels."
It seems that people who acclimatise more effectively to a thin atmosphere are more efficient at using oxygen to generate energy.
If that it proven, "we can start to get a handle on the mechanisms by which people do that. And if you understand mechanisms, you can start to develop treatments." >more...