http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26689397 “Multiple studies of ovarian cancer and genital talc use have led only to consensus about possible carcinogenicity. Seeking greater clarity, we examined this association in 2041 cases with epithelial ovarian cancer and 2100 age-and-residence-matched controls. METHODS: We defined genital talc use as regular application to the genital/rectal area directly, on sanitary napkins, tampons, or […]
Continue Reading →Inside Health BBC Radio 4 19/1/16- notes on stroke stats
The ‘ 20% more likely to have a stroke at the weekend’ quote used by various politicians – seems to have come from study in PLOS 2004 – 2012 DATA http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0131836#sec014 However ,20% is relative risk – one needs to know the absolute risk to make sense of that. If admitted at weekend death rate […]
Continue Reading →Inside Health 12/1/16
Exercise special. I am addicted to parkrun. I’ve written about it here in the BMJ and you can find out more here . The SPARKLE studies are here and here. The parkrun community are warm and welcoming and new runners/joggers/walkers are always welcome. Links to research I was talking about today NHS guidelines (which I think are too […]
Continue Reading →Patient information leaflets: “a stupid system” – Free BMJ Link
The NHS’s multifarious patient information leaflets are inaccurate, inconsistent, and confusing, finds Margaret McCartney, and effort is duplicated because each trust commissions its own, often from the private sector Patient information leaflets: “a stupid system” – Free link
Continue Reading →Prove it – Science week.
Prove it!-2 This was accompanied by an early edition of Dr Spock, a jar of blackeyed peas to demonstrate absolute and relative risks, and a bag of chocolate. It was great fun. This talk was given to primary 6s. They were especially interested in placebos and nocebos. Will do more on this next time. Spelling […]
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Continue Reading →The clinics that offer single measles vaccination (at least £100, and unlicensed)
BMJ article here http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f2830
Continue Reading →References for Inside Health 22/4/13 – Drug Holidays
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7192805 http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/suppl_A/21.full.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22388646 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21784628 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20684886 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19772246 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18483689 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1552-4604.1986.tb02969.x/abstract http://www.neurology.org/content/30/12/1257.short http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/10984/30088/30088.pdf http://www.neurology.org/content/66/12/E43.full http://www.neurology.org/content/66/12/E43.full http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13901/60854/60854.pdf http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1671720 http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleID=1671715 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849981/ http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1183454 http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a2286?ijkey=pZoJcnBxda0Ow&keytype=ref
Continue Reading →Measles and the MMR in the BMJ
Medicine in the Media, free link here
High intensity training – Inside Health 16/4/13
Listen again http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rvpq5 References I used http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23539308 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3582015/ http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241599979_eng.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3582015/#R1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20040880 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673611607496 http://jp.physoc.org/content/590/5/1077.long http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002914905001888 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20195181 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23467903 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6823/9/3/abstract/
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