The SCIPI study was developed between 2007 and 2010, a period of soul searching among British paediatric diabetes healthcare professionals. Glycaemic control was poorer in the United Kingdom than in […]
Month: April 2019
Emma Cartwright: The importance of choice between an insulin pump or multiple daily injections
Emma Cartwright describes how she made the decision to switch to using an insulin pump […]
Ann Robinson’s weekly research reviews—2 April 2019
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Mark Dayan: Follow the signs to the nearest Brexit
Whatever the outcome of Brexit, there are some clear themes that the NHS needs to prepare for […]
Patricia Mechael and Pierre Moon: Digital self care must be approached by the health sector with eyes wide open
Information and communication technologies play an important role in the daily lives of people and there is now a new generation of digital natives who do not remember what life […]
Zhou Tian and Allen Wu: Self sampling for human papilloma virus can save lives in China
China accounted for approximately 18.7% (106,430 new cases) and 15.3% (47,739 deaths) of the global annual incidence and mortality from cervical cancer in 2018. [1] Even though cervical cancer is […]
Kevin Moody: Self care won’t address structural barriers to health, but it can help meet the needs of men who have sex with men
Men, like women, have the right to healthy and fulfilling sexual and reproductive lives. However, men are less likely to seek help for complaints related to their sexual and reproductive […]
Sam Allen: Supporting women into leadership roles—men must act as “allies”
Senior male leaders in healthcare, who hold a great deal of power and privilege, should offer their allegiance to those who may benefit from it, says Sam Allen […]
We need a renewed focus on primary prevention to tackle youth knife violence in the longer term
We should focus on working with families, schools, communities and other organisations to protect our young people from becoming embroiled in violent crime […]
Angela Coulter: What we can learn from public involvement at NICE
NICE celebrates its twentieth birthday today and it has much to celebrate. Despite an ever-widening remit and a budget squeeze, it has managed to avoid the turbulence experienced by other […]