Norbs
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Early detection is not prevention!
Highly profitable screening can cause iatrogenic harm: a cascade of intervention and considerable worry and distress for something that was never going to cause harm.
Prevention is lifestyle behaviours, not medicalisation.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a64...
Highly profitable screening can cause iatrogenic harm: a cascade of intervention and considerable worry and distress for something that was never going to cause harm.
Prevention is lifestyle behaviours, not medicalisation.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a64...
Spotify’s co-founder backs a hit with preventive body scans
Neko Health, whose tech is designed to detect health problems early, has a bulging waiting list for its new clinic in London
www.thetimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Early detection is not prevention!
Highly profitable screening can cause iatrogenic harm: a cascade of intervention and considerable worry and distress for something that was never going to cause harm.
Prevention is lifestyle behaviours, not medicalisation.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a64...
Highly profitable screening can cause iatrogenic harm: a cascade of intervention and considerable worry and distress for something that was never going to cause harm.
Prevention is lifestyle behaviours, not medicalisation.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a64...
Reposted by Norbs
'The absence of evidence of safety incidents [..] appears to have been misinterpreted by policymakers to mean that there are no safety concerns with the substitution of doctors with PAs. This is an error of logic which, if not corrected, is likely to cost lives.'
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Physician Associates and Anaesthetic Associates in the UK: A Rapid Systematic Review of Published Research to Inform the Leng Review
<span>This paper describes a systematic literature review of UK-based empirical research on physician associates (PAs) and anaesthetic associates (AAs), publish
papers.ssrn.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
'The absence of evidence of safety incidents [..] appears to have been misinterpreted by policymakers to mean that there are no safety concerns with the substitution of doctors with PAs. This is an error of logic which, if not corrected, is likely to cost lives.'
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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just back from a long day in acute medical unit/emergency department and it is
Flu/RSV/Covid - Central once again
My own home ward is also full of it
And no shortage of staff sickness either
"Back to the future"
Flu/RSV/Covid - Central once again
My own home ward is also full of it
And no shortage of staff sickness either
"Back to the future"
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 PM
just back from a long day in acute medical unit/emergency department and it is
Flu/RSV/Covid - Central once again
My own home ward is also full of it
And no shortage of staff sickness either
"Back to the future"
Flu/RSV/Covid - Central once again
My own home ward is also full of it
And no shortage of staff sickness either
"Back to the future"