Thursday, August 22, 2013

Career conference for foundation and core trainees

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One-day career conference organised by Shared Services (formerly part of London Deanery)  Date : Friday 20 September 2013 Venue : Senate...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

The British Library e-journal collections

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Although the British Library is open to those who has a genuine need to use its collections, most of its electronic resources and journal c...

What are open access journals?

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Open-access journals are scholarly journals available online to everyone without restriction. Most of these journals are available 12 months...

Why we can't trust clinical guidelines - BMJ

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Clinical guidelines are recommendations on the appropriate treatment and care of people with specific diseases and conditions. They are base...

Is using surgical death rates the best way to assess performance - The Lancet

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The NHS England made public the mortality rates of 7 types of surgery for individual surgeons last week by publishing the data on the NHS Ch...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Books for FRCA exam

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Suggested books for FRCA exam : Access to anaesthetics. Primary FRCA,; Pocket book 1, 2 3. Pharmacology and clinical MCQs / Kirsty MacLenn...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Patients consciousness during surgery

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  According to the NewScientists, anaesthesia wears off in about 0.02% of surgeries worldwide. In 2008, a study conducted by Washington Univ...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Patient safety strategies - a call for physician leadership

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According to the editorial articles in the March issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine   , tens of thousands of patients die each year in...

Patient satisfaction - BMJ article

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The patient satisfaction chasm: the gap between hospital management and frontline clinicians  BMJ Quality & Safty 2013;22:3 242-250 Pub...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Most severely obese children have cardiovascular risk

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A new study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood suggested that two thirds of severely obese children have at least one cardiovascu...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Increasing dietary antioxidant intake could cut pancreatic cancer risk

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According to a new study published in Gut, more than 250,000 people die from pancreatic cancer each year around the world and only 3% - 5% o...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Surgery may not be the best for prostate cancer

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According to a 15-year study., most patient diagnosed with prostate cancer at a very early stage will choose surgery or radiation treatments...

The cost of knowledge

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The British Government announced on Tuesday 16 July 2012  that scientific research funded by British taxpayers' money will be free to ac...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

BNF free app for NHS Athens users

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An official BNF app has been launched by NICE and is now available as a free download for anyone with an NHS Athens account who uses Android...
Monday, December 05, 2011

Resources for GP AKT exams

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The following resources may be of interest to GP trainees preparing for the AKT exam. RCGP AKT sample questions - November 2011 GPST So...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Living Books About Life - free ebooks

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" Living Books About Life " is a collaboration between Open Humanities Press and 3 academic institutions: Coventry University, Gol...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Breast cancer screening review

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Yesterday, the media reported that following an open letter by Susan Bewley, professor of complex obstetrics at King's College London, t...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Do we need to drink 8 glasses of water a day?

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A Scottish GP, Margaret McCarthney, wrote a feature article in the BMJ last week that the common recommendation to drink 6 to 8 glasses of w...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Provenge therapy for advanced prostate cancer

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Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancy in North American males causing more than 30,000 deaths each year, up to 30% experience...
Thursday, July 07, 2011

sitting for long periods doubles risk of blood clots in the lungs

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According to a new study published by the BMJ, women who sit for long period of time everyday are 2 to 3 times more likely to develop blood ...
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