The doctor won’t see you now: online consulting and prescribing      The assault on the Liverpool care pathway 

New things today 31/10/12 Article in Pulse (free reg needed)  Comment is free in the Guardian Here is the press release from the Lancet: Independent panel concludes that breast cancer screening reduces deaths, but overdiagnoses **Embargo: 00:01 [UK time], Tuesday October 30, 2012** An independent panel of experts has concluded that routine breast cancer screening […]

..have posted this response to http://privatehealthscreen.org/, you can see my response on their page and CEMB’s Carl Henegan’s response here, which is not (yet?) up.    

I think not. Last week I was very pleased to have been asked to  the Glasgow Evidence Based Medicine Society. I going to talk about the problems of medical headlines in the media. I got there a bit early and so went to a session being run by Pfizer on how to critically analyse a paper. […]

This weeks Inside Health discussed a report about self harm. The report (http://www.cellogroup.com/pdfs/talking_self_harm.pdf) was produced by a company, Cello (who are a “a leading global insight and strategic marketing group with a primary focus on the pharmaceutical and health sectors in addition to deep expertise in a range of other high margin sectors” in conjunction with […]

…in the face of promotion by media doctors. My blog on the upheld ASA complaint over at the Guardian and a news story also. Update 19/10/12 I don’t know how many women bought HPV Tampap test kits, at 30 a throw. But they may have been influenced to do so by this video, featuring Dr Dawn […]

BMJ medicine in the media, here.

this Inside Health piece – more information via the excellent www.neurosymptoms.org website.

“Channel Four television is looking for a Sex In The City style female GP or other Medical Professional to present a new prime time glossy series on Cosmetic Surgery. The series is currently untitled, but it’s a transformational show that looks at the modern breakthrough’s in beauty and the very latest innovations. Our new medical […]

Free link to BMJ article here