Lab Rat or Button Monkey?

On my way home last night, I saw an advert for the National Chlamydia Screening Programme on a bus shelter.  It seems my concerns about the message not being spread is not really valid after all.  Hope the advert is a success!

This is a story that I didn’t notice when it happened.  Beckman Coulter has bought Olympus Diagnostics.  Further coverage can be found here, here, here and from Beckman Coulter here.  Seems the story broke in Feburary.  Shows that my finger isn’t on the pulse!!!

I saw a worrying story on the BBC health site today. It concerns chlamydia screening in the UK.   It seems the story is based on some research which can be found here.  A provional PDF of the research can be found here (Note this link may break in the future).  As the BBC article points out, chlamydia [...]

I saw an interesting piece on the BBC news site.  It talked about a report from the Royal College of Surgeons that suggests that the 48 hour per week work limit for doctors is potentially damaging patient care.  The original report can be found here. Whilst the report does contain some valid points e.g. continuity [...]