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4. SEVEN DAYS IN MEDICINE.

Subjects
MORTALITY risk factors, HEALTH policy, STATINS (Cardiovascular agents), COVID-19, DRUG tolerance, HEALTH services accessibility, AWARDS, PREVENTION of communicable diseases, FAMILY medicine, COVID-19 vaccines, PUBLIC health, MEDICAL consultants, ESTROGEN, EARLY detection of cancer, RISK assessment, NATIONAL health services, PROFESSIONAL competence, OVERDIAGNOSIS, EXCELLENCE, TUMORS, INTEGRATED health care delivery, PROCHLORPERAZINE, CERVIX uteri tumors, WOMEN'S health, COVID-19 pandemic, MEDICAL research
Published
2022

7. Public Health England's troubled trail.

Author

Gornall, Jonathan

Subjects
SMOKING prevention, PUBLIC health, ENDOWMENTS, HEALTH policy, NATIONAL health services
Abstract

The article looks at controversies surrounding executive agency Public Health England (PHE). Topics mentioned include a brief history of the agency which was created on April 1, 2013, allegations that PHE bowed to political pressure when it initially agreed not to publish its review of measures to reduce sugar consumption, and its endorsement of electronic cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking.

Published
2015
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12. Gender dysphoria in children: puberty blockers study draws further criticism.

Author

Cohen, Deborah

Subjects
LUTEINIZING hormone releasing hormone, SELF-mutilation, OFF-label use (Drugs), AGE distribution, CRITICISM, GENDER dysphoria, HEALTH facilities, HORMONE antagonists, SEX hormones, INFORMED consent (Medical law), HEALTH policy, MEDICAL protocols, MEDICAL records, MEDICAL prescriptions, NATIONAL health services, RESEARCH ethics, RISK assessment, TRUST, EVIDENCE-based medicine, DECISION making in clinical medicine, BONE density, SUICIDAL ideation, HUMAN research subjects, EARLY medical intervention, THERAPEUTICS, RISK factors of self-injurious behavior
Published
2019
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14. FRACKING AND OTHER CRITICISMS.

Subjects
PUBLIC health, HEALTH policy, NATIONAL health services
Abstract

The article focuses on the priority of government agency Public Health England (PHE) to research on the impact of large scale extraction of shale oil and gas, commonly known as fracking, in Great Britain. Topics mentioned include PHE's findings that the risks to public health of fracking are low with properly regulated regulations, criticisms over PHE's alleged promotion of fracking, and comments from other public bodies on public health implications of fracking.

Published
2015

16. Resourcing specialist palliative care.

Author

Gardiner, Clare

Subjects
HEALTH policy, HEALTH services accessibility, MEDICAL care costs, MEDICAL care use, PALLIATIVE treatment
Published
2022

19. Going with the flow.

Subjects
HEALTH policy, DIAGNOSTIC errors, COVID-19 testing, POLYMERASE chain reaction
Published
2022

21. Seven days in medicine: 4-10 March 2020.

Subjects
IMMIGRATION law, SMOKING & psychology, CORONARY artery bypass, DIAGNOSIS, EBOLA virus disease, ECTOPIC pregnancy, INFORMED consent (Medical law), MEDICAL errors, HEALTH policy, NATIONAL health services, MINORITIES in medicine, OBESITY, PHYSICIANS, PRESS, SOCIAL stigma, WORLD health, GENDER affirmation surgery, ELECTRONIC cigarettes, TREATMENT delay (Medicine), DISEASE eradication, PERCUTANEOUS coronary intervention, CHILDREN
Published
2020
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24. MPs demand evidence for testing policy.

Author

Wise, Jacqui

Subjects
GOVERNMENT agencies, COMMITTEES, COMMUNITY health services, DECISION making, HEALTH policy, PRACTICAL politics, PUBLIC health, SOCIAL responsibility, COVID-19
Published
2020