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Advice on Cervical Cancer – latest expert guidance on dangers of screening too early by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education New American guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and go for screening less often than had been previously recomm ... Read on »

Cervical cancer campaign by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education A campaign to improve the quality of information about cervical cancer which appears when you search on Google has been started by Malcolm Coles. He’s annoyed about the ... Read on »

Free IVF Treatments by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education The Medical Director of The Lister fertility Clinic, Mr Hossam (Sam) Abdalla, has called for the NICE guidelines on fertility treatment to be implemented across the country in ... Read on »

Will HPV Vaccination protect me from cancer and genital warts? by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education … not all HPV vaccines are the sameOne vaccine protects against more strains of HPV than the other. In an era of patient choice, we need to be aware of the facts and av ... Read on »

The End of Uncomfortable Crutches by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Patients are slowly beginning to find that there is no longer a need to grin and bear the pain of finding themselves on crutches i.e. “crutch hand”. There is a sol ... Read on »

Expert guide to Women’s Health by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Women’s Health Experts and London’s leading Gynaecology doctorsWomen’s health issues can be complex. Treatment approaches are changing rapidly and so when so ... Read on »

Plastic Surgery no Replacement for Psychiatric Support by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Plastic surgery does not necessarily raise poor self-esteem or the way in which a patient sees himself or herself. Self-harm and cutting are often examples of symptoms of low ... Read on »

London’s first screening programme for ovarian cancer…the most dangerous cancer for women by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education London Bridge Hospital is launching the first formal screening service for ovarian cancer, a disease that’s often discovered when it has reached an advanced stage. Ovari ... Read on »

Precision Surgery without Anaesthetic (or Knife) – The Future of Cancer Medicine has arrived by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Dr Chris Nutting has written an article in plain English entitled, Cyberknife – A Novel Treatment Solution. This really does seem to be an excellent example of how techn ... Read on »

10 things you should know about HPV Vaccination and Cervical Cancer by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Most of the emphasis for HPV vaccination has so far been on women and the NHS has decided to provide one type of vaccine (despite a choice) to only one age group of women. Thi ... Read on »

I Heart Cyberknife by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Consultant Cardiologist Dr John Coltart has used The Cyberknife for the first time to treat a heart condition. Although it is relatively early days, the outcome appears to be ... Read on »

Google might hold NHS patient records by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Writing recently in the BMJ Julian Sheather, deputy head of ethics at the BMA, noted the sea change which is occurring in the way the NHS manages health information. While he ... Read on »

Ablation technologies by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Following on from Nigel Kellow’s recent article on the benefits of Image guided RadioFrequency Ablation (RFA) for patients with bone mesatases here’s a piece from ... Read on »

Institute of Medicine in the US Recommends Research To Determine Which Health Care Approaches Work... by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education “Health care decisions too often area matter of guesswork because we lack good evidence to inform them,” said committee co-chair Harold C. Sox, editor, Annals of I ... Read on »

Swiss Drug Giant Bullies UK Regulator by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education As reported in Pharma Times the Swiss drugmaker Roche has decided not to renew its membership of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. Roche running rough sh ... Read on »

Ben Goldacre on medical journalism. by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Ben Oldacre of Bad Science is in the midst of a spat with science journalist Steve Connor of the Independent. Ben & his two colleagues have written a letter which they ho ... Read on »

Adeola Olaitan on the Cervical Cancer Screening Age Debate by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education On Wednesday 24 June, it was announced that the Independent Advisory Committee on Cervical Cancer Screening (ACCS) recommended that the NHS not lower the screening age from 25 ... Read on »

Healthcare systems by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education This piece in USA Today takes a look at European Health systems and – no surprises – concludes that while they’re far from perfect they work.The concept of f ... Read on »

London’s health report by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education The London Assembly just published its latest Focus on London report – they’ve produced one almost every year since 1890. It’s a good place to start if you w ... Read on »

Kru Research’s Patient Rising Report by Dave W Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Krū Research is a global think tank focused on “empowered patients” - those they say are increasingly marshalling digital technologies and communicating wi ... Read on »

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