Medical schools should teach chaos and complexity thinking
Launer’s excellent proposal to introduce trainees and medical students to existential uncertainty early1 can be…
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Three questions for uncertainty in consultations
Launer asserts the need to introduce handling uncertainty into medical school and subsequent training.1 This…
Pandemic aftermath: GPs are disaster responders now
“A pandemic fundamentally changes the social contract between the public and healthcare workers. The patients…
National drive to reduce harms from illegal drugs needs more focus on causes, warns watchdog
Efforts to tackle harms to society caused by illegal drugs are being thwarted by too…
Cost of living and workforce crises are creating two tier health and care system, CQC warns
The unsustainable pressures on England’s health and social care system are leading to a “two…
Sixty seconds on . . . AI socks
Pull the other oneOr, rather, both of them. A trial is underway of socks that…
The (specialty) drug discount advantage for self-funded employers – BenefitsPro
The (specialty) drug discount advantage for self-funded employers BenefitsPro Read Original Article: The (specialty) drug discount…
Testimony on Alternative Payment Models and the Slowdown in … – Congressional Budget Office
Testimony on Alternative Payment Models and the Slowdown in … Congressional Budget Office Read Original Article:…
Astronomers detect most distant fast radio burst to date
An international team has spotted a remote blast of cosmic radio waves lasting less than…
Red meat consumption associated with increased type 2 diabetes risk
People who eat just two servings of red meat per week may have an increased…
Black holes could come in ‘perfect pairs’ in an ever expanding Universe
Researchers have shown it’s theoretically possible for black holes to exist in perfectly balanced pairs…
‘I’d rather not know’: Why we choose ignorance
When given the choice to learn how their actions will affect someone else, 40% of…
Scientists propose super-bright light sources powered by quasiparticles
Researchers have proposed ways to use quasiparticles to create light sources as powerful as the…
Wearable device makes memories and powers up with the flex of a finger
Researchers have invented an experimental wearable device that generates power from a user’s bending finger…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—19 October 2023
Rhythm and reviewsBack in those dark early days of my medical career it seemed that…
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Menopause health checks for all women over 40 are unworkable, say GPs
A demand for the NHS to offer menopause health checks to every woman over the…
The illegal drugs market is changing—is the UK prepared?
Drug related deaths in the UK are at crisis levels. This is largely driven by…
Maternal and neonatal trauma during forceps and vacuum delivery must not be overlooked
Operative vaginal deliveries—forceps and vacuum assisted deliveries—are recommended as safe, acceptable alternatives to caesarean delivery…
C difficile and antibiotics . . . and other stories
Clostridioides difficile infection after antibiotic exposureA case-control study from the US quantified the risk of…
Annular papules on the legs
These annular papules and plaques with brownish, raised, and advancing borders (fig 1) developed bilaterally…
Sudden onset generalised yellowish papules
A woman in her 20s presented to the dermatology clinic with a seven day history…
Author’s reply to Pereira Gray and colleagues
I thank Pereira Gray and colleagues for debating my provocative contention that neither prevention nor…
Cost effectiveness of continuity in general practice
Bhopal says that prevention and better primary care are unlikely to save money.1 He undervalues…
Seven days in medicine: 11-17 October
Waiting listsMore people are waiting longer in EnglandA further 65 000 people in England joined…
Clinical effectiveness of septoplasty versus medical management for nasal airways obstruction: multicentre, open label, randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the clinical effectiveness of septoplasty.DesignMulticentre, randomised controlled trial.Setting17 otolaryngology clinics in the UK’s…
Septoplasty for nasal obstruction
Health resources everywhere are stretched in this post-pandemic era. The pursuit of effectiveness has led…
Rosuvastatin versus atorvastatin treatment in adults with coronary artery disease: secondary analysis of the randomised LODESTAR trial
AbstractObjectiveTo compare the long term efficacy and safety of rosuvastatin with atorvastatin treatment in adults…
Promising new options for treating aggressive prostate cancer
Investigators have identified two promising new treatment options for men with recurrent prostate cancer —…
Going rogue: Scientists apply giant wave mechanics on a nanometric scale
Researchers have shown how the principles of rogue waves — huge 30-meter waves that arise…
Drought conditions expose rivers to hotter water temperatures
A new study reveals how reduced water flows and rising atmospheric temperatures are set to heat…
Researchers uncover mechanism that links NAD+ to fertility problems
A woman’s fertility normally decreases by her late 30s with reproductive function eventually ceasing at…
Why Try Alternative Medicine? – Seacoastonline.com
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Suzanne Somers’ Legacy Tainted by Celebrity Medical Misinformation – KFF Health News
Suzanne Somers’ Legacy Tainted by Celebrity Medical Misinformation KFF Health News Read Original Article: Suzanne Somers’…
Suzanne Somers had long battle with breast cancer before death – CBS News
Suzanne Somers had long battle with breast cancer before death CBS News Read Original Article: Suzanne…
Suzanne Somers’ Struggle with Cancer: A Timeline – PEOPLE
Suzanne Somers’ Struggle with Cancer: A Timeline PEOPLE Read Original Article: Suzanne Somers’ Struggle with Cancer:…
Ancient diamonds shine light on the evolution of Earth
Formed millions to billions of years ago, diamonds can shine light into the darkest and…
The encounter between Neanderthals and Sapiens as told by their genomes
About 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years in…
From a five-layer graphene sandwich, a rare electronic state emerges
When stacked in five layers in a rhombohedral pattern, graphene takes on a rare ‘multiferroic’…
The government’s maȷor conditions strategy must look beyond the NHS
Scarlett McNally, 23 SeptemberMcNally is right, the new strategic framework for major conditions accurately details…
General practices need a safety alert system, says RCGP
General practices should have a patient safety alert system which allows them to suspend non-urgent…
Gaza: “Unprecedented” bombing of hospital leaves hundreds dead and inȷured
Hundreds of people are believed dead and many more injured after Al Ahli Arab Hospital…
Covid-19: Up to 2% of hospital patients acquired infection after being admitted
Between 95 000 and 167 000 patients are estimated to have caught covid-19 in England’s…
Doctors’ strikes: Government agrees to hold talks with consultants
The UK government has agreed to hold talks with consultants’ leaders in a bid to…
Why there is new hope for the care of chronic diseases in Africa
Inequity has always been one of the biggest health concerns in African countries. For decades,…
Florida loses legal battle to keep covid data secret
The state government of Ron DeSantis in Florida, which manipulated covid data to show deaths…
Spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression: summary of updated NICE guidance
What you need to knowImmediately contact the MSCC coordinator if a person with a past…
The not-so-average 70 kg man
I welcome Steuernagel and colleagues’ review of sex and gender bias in cardiovascular research1—a poignant…
Stroke patients should be offered at least 15 hours of rehabilitation a week, NICE advises
People who have had a stroke should be offered at least three hours of rehabilitation…
Doctors googling patients is a commonly broken taboo
Priya* is a foundation doctor working for a London NHS trust. Last year she worked…
Charity accuses minister of backtracking over community liver scan pledge
The British Liver Trust has accused the government of reneging on its pledge to introduce…