free link to editorial in the student BMJ here apr-sbmj-9

free link to pdf here Perils of overdiagnosis (2)

Free link to Head to Head debate in BMJ 

  Short analysis of the paper: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0058247 Basically: their definition of placebo is quite amazingly different from what is used elsewhere. Placebos are commonly thought of as a sugar pill or chalk tablet – a biologically inert substance which cannot directly treat the disorder it is offered for. This paper decided that these were ‘pure placebos’ and that lots […]

Free link to BMJ article here and with a correction; the app from Skin Analytics don’t compare moles to an online database but track changes in the moles over time.  Mea culpa.  

  http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2012.301094?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed&   http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/483 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03763.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00504.x/full#b1 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00365.x/pdf http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1081/JA-100108433?journalCode=sum http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.91.3.375 http://www.camh.ca/en/research/news_and_publications/reports_and_books/Documents/Canada%20-%20Minimum%20Pricing%20Report.pdf http://www.shef.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.95617!/file/PartA.pdf http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/22/4/451.long?hwoaspck=true http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/22/4/457.full?ijkey=861985b7afca475358c9ffc2544b8144f7b406c2&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01715.x/pdf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00504.x/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02438.x/full http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/The_Primary_Prevention_of_Alcohol_Problems_A_Critical_Review_of_the_Resear/3871.html http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02438.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02721.x/full http://www.shef.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.95617!/file/PartA.pdf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02721.x/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01715.x/pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22168350 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22136104 http://link.springer.com/article/10.2165%2F11594840-000000000-00000 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21134019 Click to access ZhaoStockwell2013.pdf   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20338629 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61462-6/fulltext http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2009.186007 http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d1063?view=long&pmid=21349812 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014067361060058X

here’s a link to the programme   History of resistance http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901661/ Indications for antibiotics http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/1/112.long Attitudes towards antibiotics http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/60/suppl_1/i63 CMO’s Lancet comment Click to access S0140673613606042.pdf Internet prescribing http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1392490 European prescribing /OTC use http://www.sante.gouv.fr/dossiers/antibiotiques/Pres_Monnet.pdf http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/48/10/1345.full Trends in prescribing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15454595 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15454595 www.npc.nhs.uk/qipp/resources/antibiotics_prescribing_keyslides.ppt NICE guidelines http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG69FullGuideline.pdf evidence for prescribing http://press.thelancet.com/LRTI.pdf www.thennt.org http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f1503

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http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1194947358374 This is the excellent Health Protection Agency chart that tells you when to send your kids to school (or not). Temperature references:   NICE guidance http://publications.nice.org.uk/feverish-illness-in-children-cg47/guidance “Detection of fever In children aged 4 weeks to 5 years, healthcare professionals should measure body temperature by one of the following methods: • electronic thermometer in the […]

feature articleand references   Aspirin http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c1805 Cough mixtures http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD001831/over-the-counter-otc-medications-for-acute-cough-in-children-and-adults-in-ambulatory-settings http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Safetywarningsalertsandrecalls/Safetywarningsandmessagesformedicines/CON038908   Osteoarthritis http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa013259   Statins for women http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20377811   homeopathy   http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)02293-9/abstract   http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c29526a-d152-11e0-89c0-00144feab49a.html   tonsillectomy http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/37/1/9.full http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2012/10/17/archdischild-2012-301755.full Proc R Soc Med. 1961 May; 54(5): 393–402.   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1562441/ http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/37/1/23.full.pdf   Tamiflu http://guidance.nice.org.uk/TA158 http://www.bmj.com/content/339/bmj.b5106 http://www.bmj.com/tamiflu Depression http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/198/1/11.full     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21652081 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003012.pub2/abstract http://www.bmj.com/content/339/bmj.b3999 http://www.bmj.com/content/339/bmj.b3999   Antibiotics for coughs http://press.thelancet.com/LRTI.pdf […]