New things today 31/10/12 Article in Pulse (free reg needed)  Comment is free in the Guardian Here is the press release from the Lancet: Independent panel concludes that breast cancer screening reduces deaths, but overdiagnoses **Embargo: 00:01 [UK time], Tuesday October 30, 2012** An independent panel of experts has concluded that routine breast cancer screening […]

..have posted this response to http://privatehealthscreen.org/, you can see my response on their page and CEMB’s Carl Henegan’s response here, which is not (yet?) up.    

I think not. Last week I was very pleased to have been asked to  the Glasgow Evidence Based Medicine Society. I going to talk about the problems of medical headlines in the media. I got there a bit early and so went to a session being run by Pfizer on how to critically analyse a paper. […]

This weeks Inside Health discussed a report about self harm. The report (http://www.cellogroup.com/pdfs/talking_self_harm.pdf) was produced by a company, Cello (who are a “a leading global insight and strategic marketing group with a primary focus on the pharmaceutical and health sectors in addition to deep expertise in a range of other high margin sectors” in conjunction with […]

…in the face of promotion by media doctors. My blog on the upheld ASA complaint over at the Guardian and a news story also. Update 19/10/12 I don’t know how many women bought HPV Tampap test kits, at 30 a throw. But they may have been influenced to do so by this video, featuring Dr Dawn […]

BMJ medicine in the media, here.

this Inside Health piece – more information via the excellent www.neurosymptoms.org website.

“Channel Four television is looking for a Sex In The City style female GP or other Medical Professional to present a new prime time glossy series on Cosmetic Surgery. The series is currently untitled, but it’s a transformational show that looks at the modern breakthrough’s in beauty and the very latest innovations. Our new medical […]

Free link to BMJ article here

as per their misleading adverts, up held by ASA, here. Not the first time their adverts have been problematic, see these informally resolved cases here.