The 20th anniversary of parkrun was celebrated today (Saturday 5th October, 2024), as new research shows the event is meeting its goal to make people healthier and happier. Parkrun started on Saturday 2nd October, 2004, when 13 runners joined a free timed 5k run at Bushy Park in south-west London, which was organised […]
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Yes/no .. re the NHS. Yes, if there is a NHS clinic near you, and the waiting time isn’t that much. This is what the NHS website says. “A GP, nurse or pharmacist can give you advice and help with your menopause or perimenopause symptoms. Find your nearest NHS or private menopause specialist on […]
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Dr Louise Newson and colleagues are outstanding doctors. Full stop. And care about women, when the NHS has abandoned them. Now (so called) ‘academics’, naysayers and the massed forces of the self-appointed British Menopause Society (BMS), Royal ‘College’ of Obstetrics and Gynaecology are trying to shut her clinics down, using the CQC as […]
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Probably. But let’s look at the evidence. Evidence for existence of freshers’ flu Surprisingly freshers’ flu has been quite well studied, and there are several large studies. About 10% of the student intake (4919 students) at the University of Minnesota were studied in some detail in 2005 (Nicol, 2005). A staggering 91% of […]
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Wes Streeting says he will reject all ‘status quo’ proposals Wes Streeting has warned NHS England and departmental officials he will reject any proposals “that suggest sticking with the status quo, or bids for more money without reform”. The health and social care secretary was speaking alongside NHSE chief executive Amanda Pritchard at a joint […]
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The health, weight and fitness guru’s rapid weight-loss plan is ideal to get ready for a Christmas party. Health and fitness guru Dr Michael Mosley was renowned for his weight-loss plans, as the man behind the 5:2 and Fast 800 programmes. The NHS doctor was known for promoting healthy and sustainable weight loss for long-term health, through action […]
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The discovery of a new blood group, MAL, has solved a 50- year-old mystery. Researchers from NHS Blood and Transplant, and the University of Bristol, have identified the genetic background of the previously known but mysterious AnWj blood group antigen (Tilley, 2024). The AnWj antigen – a surface marker molecule) – was discovered in 1972 […]
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A recent study (Rosa Parisi, 2024) has shown the contracted hours fulfilled by each fully qualified GP has fallen from 30 a week on average in 2015, to 26 a week in 2022. This reduction was largely driven by male GPs cutting their hours from 2015; when many worked more than the […]
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Key factors that impact long-term weight loss in patients on GLP-1 agonists A recent study from the USA identified key factors that can impact the long-term weight loss of patients with obesity who were prescribed injectable semaglutide or liraglutide for the treatment of type 2 diabetes or obesity (Gasoyan, 2024). Key points In the study, […]
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NHS hospital facilities are not used 40% of the time. But doctors constantly ask for more staff and investment. Let’s go back and start with a simple question. How much does the NHS cost? It is actually very hard to say, as it is surprisingly difficult to define the NHS. For example, does it include […]
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