I raise this at the risk of falling out with some bloggers who I respect.
A couple of years ago I had a private discussion with NHS Blog Doc about the issue of confidentiality and blogging. We differed on our views on this. I was concerned that patients were not being asked for consent when case [...]
The CTC have been helping a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome with his cycling using their cycling champions programme:
My son Will has Asperger’s Syndrome which for him manifests itself with deep depression and anxiety. Earlier this year at an appointment with his psychotherapist, he was asked to colour in a sheet of paper to [...]
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a massive burden on the NHS, and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. When I worked on a cardiology ward, one of the more serious ADRs that occurred was severe haemorrhage associated with streptokinase. Rather than dying of a heart attack, the drug we gave to patients to improve [...]
I am one.
Mobileme sucks in comparison to Gmail.
Photo from iboff.
That is all.
There’s a new website where you can leave a review of your doctor called iwantgreatcare.org. It has already been formally warned by libel lawyers acting on behalf of thirty-seven GPs, of the potential for defamatory comments to be posted by the public. There are some nice comments there too:
Many years ago he literally saved my [...]
According to some of the more wacko-stalker elements of the UK’s anti-vaccine movement I am part of a government/pharmaceutical industry conspiracy to suppress the self-evident harms of vaccines. Supposedly, Ben Goldacre, Richard Horton and I comprise a supporting act to Roy Meadow in this regard. I am also alleged to be a shill for the [...]
The BMJ publish a study this week on multiple vaccinations in British soldiers. Multiple vaccines have been suggested to be linked to ill health following the 1991 Gulf war. Murphy et al examined soldiers deployed in Iraq since 2003.
Personnel who reported receiving two or more vaccinations on a single day were more likely to report [...]