http://www.scoop.it/t/of-human-kindness Focussing on the Health and Social Care Bill which is up for House of Commons vote next week... my daily Scoop.it bulletin
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Save our NHS
http://www.scoop.it/t/of-human-kindness Focussing on the Health and Social Care Bill which is up for House of Commons vote next week... my daily Scoop.it bulletin
Save our NHS
My daily Scoop.it Focussing on the Health and Social Care Bill which is up for House of Commons vote next week...
ACOG Thromboprophylaxis in Pregnancy Guidance
ACOG published guide for VTE prevention in prevention (subscription needed). Journal Watch has a summary here
the legal findings are in
From: Johnny Chatterton - 38 Degrees [mailto:action@38degrees.org.uk]
Sent: 30 August 2011 11:28
To: lewis david (West Hertfordshire PCT)
Subject: NHS: the legal findings are in
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Dear David, In just one week, your MP has to vote on massive changes to our NHS. But 38 Degrees members now have something our MPs don’t – thorough, independent legal advice about what these changes really mean. Our expert legal advice is sobering. Despite the “listening exercise”, the government’s changes to the NHS plans could still pave the way for a shift towards a US-style health system, where private companies profit at the expense of patient care. MPs are being told by the government that the NHS is safe. If they read our evidence they’ll know that the spin doesn’t stand up. We can put them under massive pressure to vote to save our NHS. So we need to work together to get the legal advice to our MPs right now! Email your MP now:
So who are MPs going to listen to when casting their vote – you, or lobbyists from private health companies? This is our NHS, and it’s up to us to defend it. Email your MP now: |
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Fw: David's Primary Health Care Daily is out ! Edition of Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Sacral Neuromodulation for Urinary Incontinence
The success of sacral neuromodulation (SNM) for faecal incontinence (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0090429505005340; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022534705677282) and recent FDA approval in April 2011 (http://wwwp.medtronic.com/Newsroom/NewsReleaseDetails.do?itemId=1301684726845&lang=en_US) as prompted interest in providing similar results for urinary incontinence, especially when all other treatment have been exhausted.
Early evidence suggests this novel technique may have a role (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20186953): 10 patients were treated in this test of concept. Another 34 patients were treated in a study published in 2005 (http://assoalhopel.dominiotemporario.com/doc/sacral_neuromodulation_I.pdf): sacral neuromodulation is a viable option for the treatment of refractory urinary urge incontinence that occurs after stress urinary incontinence surgery. Older women with no pelvic floor activity who are remote from their incontinence surgery may have a suboptimal response.
A London Clinic already offers SNM for urinary incontinency (http://goo.gl/mLmsp) so it may become another part of the arsenal for managing what can be for some women an awful emotionally challenging condition
Monday, August 29, 2011
Stranglehold on free speech in academia
Good essay bemoaning the monopoly academic publishing has on information which is often publicly funded.