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	<description>A support group for people with the rare, hard-to treat, autoimmune, posterior uveitis called Birdshot Chorioretinopathy</description>
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		<title>Uveitis – Quality of Life Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 21:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Group of ophthalmologists (including Nick Jones, who has been very helpful to BUS in the past) and optometrists from the Royal Eye Hospital in Manchester have undertaken a vision related quality of life and employment survey on working age &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9709">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Metformin – used for diabetes, but does it help uveitis?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 21:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from Texas University (Galveston Medical Branch) have discovered that Metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes, could help control inflammation in uveitis.
The researchers found that in laboratory rat and cell culture experiments, Metformin substantially reduced uveitis.
Even more excitingly, they &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9705">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Birdshot Day, 2012 on You Tube</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have now posted  all of the talks from the 2nd Birdshot Day held on 3 March 2012.  To access these, please go to You Tube and type in Birdshot Uveitis Society to find our channel.
Alternatively, click on the links &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9661">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Help Us Change the Future of Eye Research: Please take the Sight Loss and Vision Survey!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SueW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sight Loss and Vision Survey is a joint initiative between Fight for Sight, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, The College of Optometrists, the National Institute of Health Research, RNIB and The James Lind Alliance.  It has been set up &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9644">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lorraine&#8217;s Birdshot Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundraising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lorraine is the BUS fund-raiser and was diagnosed with Birdshot in September 2011.  She was asked to tell her story to her local gym/club and they have published it on their web-site.  Wonderful &#8211; not only does it help us &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9631">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Birdshot Day on You Tube</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short video of the Birdshot Day of 3 March 2012 has been posted on You Tube.  It gives an overview of the Day, and is only 4 minutes long, so makes easy viewing!  It is in HD, so really &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9617">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Government Rare Disease Plan – Consultation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birdshot is a rare disease.  Because of this, it can sometimes be difficult to get the right diagnosis and treatment.
The Government will be implementing a Rare Disease Plan by 2013.  This plan SHOULD help all of us, with rare diseases &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9599">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The role of Indocyanine Green Angiography in Birdshot Diagnosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Herbort and Marina Papadia from the Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised Care in Lausanne, Switzerland analysed the cases of Birdshot seen at the centre between 1995 and 2010.  These cases included people who had no specific diagnosis on referral, because &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9589">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How are patients involved in licensing new medications?</title>
		<link>http://birdshot.org.uk/9586</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 13 February 2012, Genetic Alliance UK published a report of a Citizens Jury&#8217;s findings.  The Citizens Jury was tasked with deciding on the balance of risk versus benefit of new medications for serious and rare diseases.  We are hoping &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9586">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More on Vitamin D</title>
		<link>http://birdshot.org.uk/9583</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who attended the Birdshot Day on 3 March will remember our very inspiring speaker, Professor Glen Jeffery and his research into Vitamin D.
Coincidentally, John Hall, one of our Directors, was diving in Palau last week  and found &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://birdshot.org.uk/9583">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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