Federal health officials in Georgia, USA said on Thursday the government has not conceded that vaccines cause autism even after a Georgia girl won federal compensation in a case arguing a vaccine ...
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Independent sector treatment centres (ITSCs) have been controversial from the outset with considerable concern about value for money. Today the Health Service Journal has announced that so-called ...
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WHAT THE HELL?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/...titis_exposure [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_re_us/hepatitis_exposure]>
Vegas clinic may have sickened thousands
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Licensing laws to restrict the times of opening of public houses were introduced in 1914 and extended during the First World War. It was feared that the effectiveness of the munitions factories wa...
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We are so used to hearing of NHS overspends that the news that for the current financial year there is an expected surplus of £1.8 billion will raise some eyebrows.
Last year there was outrage a...
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Last year I was appalled to read that hospital trusts made £60 million from charges for hospital parking. This year the figure is £100 million. In many places staff have to pay for the priviledge ...
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A paper in this week’s BMJ about the uptake of the MMR is more reassuring than I might have hoped. It took a nationally represented cohort sample born between 2000 and 2002 and examined uptake of ...
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The Audit Commission has decided that the cost of the new GP contract of 2004 and the resultant improvement in services represents poor value for money.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/726669...
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The Government has announced plans to force drug addicts into treatment if they are to continue to receive benefits.
http://news.aol.co.uk/plan-to-cut-dr...26204409990009 [http://news.aol.co.uk...
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The story that antidepressants, or at least SSRIs, are no better than placebo has hit the papers. This seems to have been released rather than found with an embargo until 0001 hours on 26th Februa...
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The BMA has been vociferous in its opposition to extended licensing laws, cheap alcohol and the medical and social results of excessive drinking. Therefore it may seem surprising that the BMA has ...
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The University of Sunderland (yes there is one) has announced a MBA course in applied health management. They think that it is a new idea aimed at doctors in private practice and NHS trusts. This ...
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It has often been claimed that the NHS is a political football. The BMA has released a document calling for an NHS constitution for England. http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/constitution2008 [...
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Despite £800 million being spent to tackle the problem, 22% of university students drop out before graduation. This is still better than many countries. Examples of completion rates are:
Austral...
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The NHS cannot be all things to all people. This has been obvious for a long time. New drugs may have benefits but the cost may be so high and the benefits so marginal that they do not represent ...
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This was published yesterday. Makes for an interesting read.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/6/5/abstract [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/6/5/abstract]>
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PARIS - The standard treatment for patients who have attempted suicide by drinking pesticide -- a major problem in p...
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In contrast to the usual outcry about obesity including childhood obesity we now have attention turned to anorexic models. The Times reported that 3 models had been banned from the Madrid fashion ...
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Dwain Chambers convincing win in the indoor 60 metres has given the selectors a problem. A few years ago he was banned for taking a “designer anabolic steroid”. He went off to play American footba...
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A British twin study has suggested that the contribution of nature and nuture to childhood obesity is far more genetic than environmental. Genes accounted for about 77 per cent of the variation b...
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Since 1997 the number of new British medical graduates has doubled and now we have the ridiculous situation of too many junior doctors chasing too few training places. In future doctors from outsi...
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If you were a dentist then fluoride in water would be a bit like the MMR vaccine. The evidence for it as a valid and effective public health measure is overwhelming.
McDonagh M, Whiting P, Brad...
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When I first saw that there was yet another paper saying that there was no link between the MMR vaccine and autism I felt that this was a bit like yet another paper to say that vitamin C gives no ...
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Hardly a day seems to pass without another story of ineptitude in the NHS. On 4th February The Sunday Times reported that trusts were paying over £100 an hour for a number of agency workers. http:...
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This story comes from the Daily Mail, so it must be true!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770 [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=51142...
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