A report from the Osler Lecture: Artificial Intelligence in Imaging, given by Professor Fergus Gleeson on the use of AI in medical imaging. September 20, 2024, Mathematical Institute, Oxford University Q: Is AI replacing human radiologists? A: No. We are not even close. But why ever not? When I saw the title of this lecture…
It will come as no surprise to many osteopaths out there that there might be a link between head trauma, even in the distant past, and a patient’s current psychological state. It seems self-evident to those of us who have palpated many heads in our lives and heard the many histories that accompany them. However…
I was lucky enough to sign up for a lecture at Kellogg College, home of Oxford University’s Centre of Evidence-Based Medicine, given by Professor Carl Heneghan, and Dr. Tom Jefferson. They promised to enlighten us on the subject of “Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM): Why it’s important and Why It’s Controversial”. I was nearly tempted by a…
Chris Whitty gave a talk in the Autumn of 2023 in which he touched on Long Covid. Hear what he has to say
The last NICE guidelines for low back pain, which were indeed quite nice to osteopaths (along with acupuncturists and chiropractors), came into action around 2009/10. Now we have a new set of guidelines, which have just been published. So what do the guidelines say? Find the official guidelines here. And a good roundup from the…
Edited and revised September 2016 One talk caught my eye in the COPA brochure last year. Compared to the gimmicks and hard sell of some of the technologies on exhibit, this sounded like an old-fashioned, modest, and serious research project. It was presented by a nurse from a Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Bedford called…
I can’t remember why I raced to book a ticket to the CauseHealth Conference in Nottingham in May. It might have been because it only cost £35 (lunch included!), it might have been because lots of keen-minded people I follow on twitter were excited about it (sports physio Adam Meakins, Neil Maltby, Chews Health…),…
In pursuit of trying to understand “Osteopathy: the Profession” in 2015, I have been reading my osteopathy magazines more closely than usual. In the Osteopath Magazine, I saw a tantalizing invitation to the next General Osteopathic Council Meeting (Thursday 16 July). “Meetings take place at 10am at Osteopathy House. Osteopaths are welcome to attend. For more information call Marcia…
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