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 […]

I raised three main things. 1) Care data. Concerns about the differences in security and purposes of data use in England compared to the devolved nations. This is to be taken back to NHS England for further discussion. I would suggest that if RCGP members have concerns they should feed back to RCGP asap so […]

Free link to BMJ article

  Loneliness references http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2503975/ http://www.clinmed.rcpjournal.org/content/5/3/244.long http://www.pnas.org/content/110/15/5797 http://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/about-loneliness/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3865701/ http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/984 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gps.2054/abstract http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/334648/   Statin references   The diagrams below, from http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c2442 is  very important. A good risk calculator would be invisible – it’s shape would overlie perfectly the yellow rectangle where the people who will develop cardiovascular disease over the next decade are represented. The risk calculators […]

Gut instinct http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596024/ http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e6144 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rcgp/bjgp/2002/00000052/00000478/art00011?token=005c1dddc36b2f703bb1b67232d45232b5f7a736a2d3b7441287a783568293c62207d673f582f6b16d5dd1d78d40 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3207087/ http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6857

Teenagers sleep patterns http://www.gwern.net/docs/melatonin/2014-boergers.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820578/ http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/sleep-topics/sleep-drive-and-your-body-clock Pregnancy and SSRIs http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Generalsafetyinformationandadvice/Product-specificinformationandadvice/Product-specificinformationandadvice–M–T/Selectiveserotoninre-uptakeinhibitors/Informationforhealthcareprofessionals/index.htm#l6 http://rcpsych.ac.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases2013/panoramassrispregnancy.aspx http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23733623 http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=204468

Obesity – FITT trial Click to access BMC_Public_Health_FFIT_article.pdf Click to access FFIT.pdf Obalon http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11695-013-0927-x http://www.obalon.com/clinical_abstracts/published-abstracts-library/# http://www.sallynorton.co.uk/procedures/obalon-balloon/ Care data http://uk.atos.net/en-uk/home/we-are/news/press-release/2011/pr-2011_12_20_05.html http://www.care-data.info http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7042?hwoasp=authn%3A1389724881%3A4130220%3A131128 http://www.hscic.gov.uk/patientconf http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/scientists-launch-campaign-to-discourage-patients-from-opting-out-of-caredata/20005523.article#.UtQwOhYobzI http://www.hscic.gov.uk/patientconf Click to access 2900774_InfoGovernance_accv2.pdf Click to access cd-leaflet-01-14.pdf Click to access 9731-2901141-TSO-Caldicott-Government_Response_ACCESSIBLE.PDF