http://www.bmj.com/cgi/doi/10.1136/bmj.g2447 New column in the BMJ. (apologies for massive horrible picture, will ask bmj to fix) This is the campaign advert from Scottish government starring Elaine C Smith that I’ve mentioned in some press interviews today I rather like it, as it’s plainly factual and informative – but the problem is that we don’t know […]

  This is the website. https://www.betterasone.co.uk/how-it-works/ It’s very sad to see such a poor description and understanding of general practice. The description of ‘how it works’ on the URL I’ve posted features a time line of ‘normal treatment’ for patients after they have seen their GP. It claims that it takes -a week to get a […]

NHS England and their evidence-lite approach to public health messages. BMJ article, here.

Stress and fertility  Study in press http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/03/06/humrep.deu032.full?sid=39d0c973-2053-4dc3-bc95-66d2caab503f Similar 2011 UK study, over 6 months http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028210010319 Impact of self reported stress on conception http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22698634 Review of current state of affairs of stress and unassisted conception http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028211008521?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=ihub&_docanchor=&md5=9ffa87934275edd7180b52f5e973f002 Other impacting factors on saliva measurements of stress hormones http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001502821100584X?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_docanchor=&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-097X.1996.tb00731.x/abstract;jsessionid=F1BC4C12F5BA456A2A6FAEF1CA1CA2E9.f01t04 Changes in variation alpha amylase http://dare2.ubvu.vu.nl/bitstream/handle/1871/27571/236896.pdf?sequence=1 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306453011000072?via=ihub http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22708722 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23358963 […]

Announcement from Roche http://www.roche.com/media/media_releases/med-cor-2014-03-13.htm Cervical cancer overview http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/keyfacts/cervical-cancer/uk-cervical-cancer-statistics Click to access dh_133346.pdf NHS pilot 2001 Click to access sentinelfinalreport.pdf What the NHS is currently doing – ie using HPV screening along with a smear, or in some areas, as a pilot, as the first test.  http:/www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical/news/016.html/ http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cervical-screening-test/Pages/Introduction.aspx Current pilot http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/2382.aspx?categoryid=118 Click to access hpv-primary-screening-protocol-flowchart.pdf Research […]

Lots of interesting responses,  and mine, here.

SCARLET FEVER http://www.hpa.org.uk/topics/infectiousdiseases/infectionsaz/scarletfever/generalinformationscarletfever/ http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Scarlet-fever/Pages/Introduction.aspx http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/InfectiousDiseases/InfectionsAZ/ScarletFever/GeneralInformationScarletFever/ http://cks.nice.org.uk/scarlet-fever#!scenariorecommendation:2 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2271647/?page=2 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2690288 http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/suppl_1/13.abstract http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/suppl_1/13.abstract   HYPERTENSION IN ELDERLY PEOPLE http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21852597 http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13561/56008/56008.pdf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000028.pub2/pdf/standard   http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1832192   http://press.psprings.co.uk/ebm/february/ebm101646.pdf   http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1832197   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23612794   http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/5/592.full   http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/12/02/eurheartj.eht464.full?hwoaspck=true   http://www.hyvet.com

SUPPLEMENTS AND VITAMINS study of selenium and prostate cancer http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/02/21/jnci.djt456.abstract Supplement use in the UK http://www.which.co.uk/news/2013/08/supplements—are-they-worth-it-330480/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9656077/Millions-fewer-taking-vitamin-supplements.html Evidence around vitamin and supplement use http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK173987/ VITAMIN C AND E http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007176.pub2/abstract http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1028653 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007176/pdf/standard http://jp.physoc.org/content/early/2014/01/31/jphysiol.2013.267419.abstract VITAMIN E http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=718049&csrt=4650308962658064825 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199404143301501 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.23527/abstract VITAMIN A http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199605023341801   OMEGA 3 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009912013005584 http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD005379/fish-oils-for-the-prevention-of-dementia-in-older-people http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1357266 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003833.pub4/abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3786657/ http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/Vitamin-and-Mineral-Supplements_UCM_306033_Article.jsp http://www.cfp.ca/content/58/11/1225.full   NICE HOSPTIALS AND WAITING […]

I raised three main things. 1) Care data. Concerns about the differences in security and purposes of data use in England compared to the devolved nations. This is to be taken back to NHS England for further discussion. I would suggest that if RCGP members have concerns they should feed back to RCGP asap so […]

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