Oprah Winfrey, 2000 US experience http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/786066 Overview of medical evidence  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15459320 http://www.uptodate.com/contents/full-body-ct-scan-for-screening Useful background Click to access Self-Referred_Whole-Body_CT_Screening.pdf and from my wonderful friend Hilda Bastian http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/absolutely-maybe/2014/03/23/the-disease-prevention-illusion-a-tragedy-in-five-parts/ Legal issues COMARE http://www.comare.org.uk/12thReportPressRelease.htm “COMARE recommends that regulation of these commercial CT services should be reviewed. We also recommend that clients should be provided with comprehensive information regarding dose […]

Fed up with forms – free link to BMJ col 

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 […]