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| Tuesday 12 February 2008 |
Doctors without borders: let foreign medics in!
In barring non-EU doctors from training in the UK, the government is scapegoating immigrants for its own screw-ups in medical practice.
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| Monday 27 November 2006 |
Give cardiac a rest
A campaign coaxing men to dial 999 if they feel a pain in the chest will make more 'worried well', and possibly delay treatment for the really ill.
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| Thursday 11 May 2006 |
The new ‘colour bar’ in the NHS
Without warning, the Department of Health has imposed restrictions on the immigration of international medical students into the UK. They should be vigorously opposed.
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| Friday 13 January 2006 |
The dangers of prostate testing
A new study suggests that examining men for prostate cancer can do more harm than good.
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| Thursday 16 June 2005 |
Stressed about breasts
When one in five women say they would have their breasts removed to prevent the risk of cancer, has ‘awareness’ gone too far?
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| Thursday 7 April 2005 |
Ducking life-and-death decisions
In supporting living wills, are doctors offloading responsibility for guiding patients and their families through tough choices?
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| Tuesday 1 February 2005 |
Checking up on ourselves
Should we really be scrutinising our balls, breasts and bowels for signs of cancer?
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| Wednesday 17 November 2004 |
Endoscopies for all?
British plans for a national bowel cancer screening programme could do as much harm as good.
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| Thursday 7 October 2004 |
An unhelpful helpline
By referring the worried well to GPs and A&E, NHS Direct makes unnecessary work for already overstretched doctors.
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| Friday 6 August 2004 |
Who’s feminising medicine?
Rising numbers of female doctors are not to blame for problems of leadership and commitment in the medical profession.
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| Wednesday 21 July 2004 |
Smoking out the facts
The British Medical Association's public health campaigns on passive smoking and junk food might ruin its reputation in the long run.
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| Wednesday 16 June 2004 |
Sick notes
The UK government's demand that patients should read doctors’ correspondence with each other will end in tears.
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| Wednesday 17 March 2004 |
Worrying women
Breast self-examination scares women who think they might have cancer - but does little to help those who actually do.
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