NOTE TO EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS – apologies if you were sent the work-in-progress last week. This is the finished article! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ This post is a brief summary of the famous American Opioid Epidemic – the OxyContin part, anyway. I became hugely interested in it a couple of years ago and read and watched everything I could.…
OK I have finally got round to my second ever youtube interview, this time with Mary Monro. Mary has written an article on issues facing the profession. It is reproduced below the video, complete with references. The Future of Osteopathy in the UK by Mary Monro Introduction We are at a moment of seismic change…
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
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