Notes from council. Again I don’t repeat what others have said. what I did speak on : 1) Neighbourhood health scheme – NHS England really – but the issue here is that it’s creating a ‘shadow’ system of general practice and is likely to eventually shift resources away from holistic primary care. This is a […]

sunshine – links My bottom line: it’s all about being honest about uncertainty lack of vitamin D  but lack of evidence that taking vitamin D gives benefits  systematic review 2023 vitamin D supplementation appears to decrease the risk of ACM (especially convincing in the fair- and good-quality RCTs) Our findings suggest that vitamin D supplementation […]

As ever, I can only report what I say, and I try not to repeat what others have. Council members have 2mins only to speak on subjects. I do have problems with this; it’s not a good quality control measure. Additionally, council members are giving up their free time to attempt to help the college […]

Notes and references Echinacea – one systematic review concluding possibly tiny benefit https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31126553/ and older Cochrane review similar https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000530.pub3/full but studies were overall variable, selectively reported, poorly completed and not clinically significant theoretical reasons as to why *might* work https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589936821000396 “Our review presents evidence that echinacea might have a preventative effect on the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections but whether […]

Please note that I stating only what I said: there is no point repeating what other people have said already in the meeting if those points have been accepted.

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on antibiotics. Inside Health off air just now so not at all unfaithful https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(22)00004-4/fulltext https://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c2096 https://www.thelancet.com/series/antibiotic-resistance https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01076-6/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02724-0/fulltext#seccestitle200 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01030-4/abstract https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473309913703189 social norm feedback https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513277 https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/33/Supplement_3/S193/302042

for inside health 30th Jan 24 NICE guidance https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/menopause/prescribing-information/hormone-replacement-therapy-hrt/ https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/menopause/ “Prescribing the lowest dose for the shortest possible duration.” Noted this survey being quoted a lot in the papers I was reading – important to note Covid vaccination and menstrual changes https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/1/1/e000297 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9294036/#bb0075 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8936155/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1065421/full https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-vacunas-english-edition–259-articulo-menstrual-abnormalities-after-covid-19-vaccines-S2445146022000887?covid=Dr56DrLjUdaMjzAgze452SzSInMN&rfr=truhgiz&y=kEzTXsahn8atJufRpNPuIGh67s1

closes on https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-disclosure-of-industry-payments-to-the-healthcare-sector/disclosure-of-industry-payments-to-the-healthcare-sector#how-to-respond – CLOSES 16th OCT 23 -We agree that information about payments and benefits from “healthcare provider organisations and organisations connected to the provision of healthcare” should be publicly available.  -However the document concentrates on pharmaceutical companies. It is important to consider the potential for conflicts to arise in numerous other domains. For […]

Healthcare and feminism Margaret McCartney Volume 116, Issue 7 In the last decade, it has become common for politicians to don t-shirts claiming that they are what feminists look like. The bra-burning of the 1960s had faded into a fashion statement, but what about the politics of it? I remember being introduced to feminism by my mother, who told […]