Do charities need a health warning?

August 15, 2010

On bad statistics used by health charities, in the BMJ.
Have had quite a few messages from doctors and nurses basically approving but none of dissent or otherwise from charities.
hmm…

Read the full article →

The health care of detained asylum seekers

August 12, 2010

..is not being adequately met. Here’s an article just out in the BMJ about the situation.
This is one situation which I do think would be helped by public pressure….

Read the full article →

The scandal of poor diagnosis in dementia that’s not

August 10, 2010

New research is a ‘wake up call’ for GPs- at least, according to Professor Steven Field, who is quoted today in the Telegraph as saying that doctors are needing more training in recognising dementia symptoms. The paper is in the BMJ, here, and I am rather amazed at the conclusions that both Field and the [...]

Read the full article →

Not I, Professor Field

August 8, 2010

Professor Field, outgoing chair of the college I spend a small fortune to be a member of, the Royal College of GPs, has been on the radio rather a lot today. The news is: he scribed a cross article for the Observer, saying that
“…too many of us neglect our health and this is leading to [...]

Read the full article →

Threading is better than Vaniqua

August 6, 2010

at least, I think so

Read the full article →

The origin of PMT

August 6, 2010

I’ve had some truly fascinating emails in response to this column on PMT. I had forgotten completely about this BMJ paper, from 1953, which you can view for free if you register. The first author is Katharina Dalton, who is famous for advocating progesterone to ‘treat’ PMT, and which is now recognised as being non [...]

Read the full article →

Mixtard 30: Novartis gets it wrong

August 6, 2010

The Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin is campaigning against Novartis’ decision to stop production of a particular type of insulin – one which has been around for years, is very reliable, and which is used by around 90,000 patients. Novartis say that the use of this insulin – Mixtard 30- is dropping: and that this type of insulin [...]

Read the full article →

Waky up time: pathology isn’t black and white

July 20, 2010

..and if I remember much from histology, it often comes in shades of pink.
The NYT today has an interesting article; shock horror  - cancer that might not be.
It focuses on the DCIS phenonema – if you have been reading for a while you’ll know that ductal carcinoma in situ is a ‘cancer’ that wasn’t known [...]

Read the full article →

The lack of success of GP commissioning

July 16, 2010

Just read the CQC report on Take Care Now, the organisation run by a majority of GPs, and which employed a German doctor who killed a patient.
Why does the coalition think that more will be better?

Read the full article →

Will GP commissioning help patients get better?

July 14, 2010

I think not. I’ve spent a bit of time reading the new White Paper and associated fluff, I conclude that there are possibly two good things in it. I’ll get to them.
But, oh, the jargon! And the rest of it! What on earth does ‘equity and excellence: liberating the NHS’ actually mean? I’m really tired, [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →