https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/medical-cannabis/ Government factsheet  MHRA statements  Review referenced by WHO – preclinical/animal studies file:///Users/user/Downloads/2CannabidiolStateoftheartandnewchallengesfortherapeuticapplications.pdf There is a lack of good evidence that any cannabis-derived product works for any chronic neuropathic pain.https://www.cochrane.org/CD012182/SYMPT_cannabis-products-adults-chronic-neuropathic-pain More people reported sleepiness, dizziness and mental problems (e.g. confusion) with all cannabis-based medicines pooled together than with placebo (low-quality evidence) https://www.cochrane.org/CD012954/IBD_cannabis-and-cannabis-oil-treatment-ulcerative-colitis The effects of […]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safety/going-into-hospital-far-riskier-than-flying-who-idUSTRE76K45R20110721 https://www.caa.co.uk/Consumers/Guide-to-aviation/Aviation-safety/ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/jeremy-hunt-helpline-may-need-more-medics-to-avoid-further-tragedy-after-babys-death-a3168056.html https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/air-accidents-investigation-branch/about https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139 https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139/rr-54

  NICE https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG62 Auscultation of the fetal heart may confirm that the fetus is alive but is unlikely to have any predictive value and routine listening is therefore not recommended. However, when requested by the mother, auscultation of the fetal heart may provide reassurance. Routine Doppler ultrasound should not be used in low‑risk pregnancies. [2008] […]

RCGP Council 1) Transgender module on RCGP website – which has now been withdrawn – my concern is also that the evidence base is lacking for a markedly changed demographic – I felt there was lack of clarity in chair’s blog about the wider issues and governance of evidence in modules more widely. I do […]

https://www.jmir.org/2018/4/e150/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0141076818761383

DCIS: many breast ‘cancers’ behave benignly – e.g. some 94% survival at 20 years after diagnosis with no symptoms https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2634502 before breast cancer screening only a few percent of all breast cancers diagnosed were DICS after screening introduced – 20-25% of all breast cancers classed as DCIS https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441318/nhsbsp66.pdf very little known about natural history of […]

Claim https://twitter.com/search?q=assocation%20vascular%20access&src=typd (lack of) evidence on shaving for giving birth  clipping is less harmful than shaving  however-  is not clipping better than clipping?: trials that compared clipping with shaving  Six trials, two of which had three comparison arms, (972 participants) compared hair removal (shaving, clipping, or depilatory cream) with no hair removal and found no statistically significant […]

2019-01-02 Complaint Notification (external) Babylon have (again) agreed to change their inaccurate and misleading advertising. https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/rulings.html?q=babylon#informally-resolved

Daily Telegraph on antibiotics  Which? on online GP services

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2008-11-11b.44WS.1 BMJ  2011  http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/59499/1/59499.pdf https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d1702 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-health-england-and-drinkaware-launch-drink-free-days https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23061575   https://www.diabetes.org.uk/get_involved/corporate/acknowledgements/britvic-partnership