Tag Archives: clinical trials

A Second Look at the European Randomised Study Of
Screening For Prostate Cancer

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Laura Newman

Last week, The Lancet published 13-year follow-up results from the European Randomised study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC), an international trial of PSA testing in seven countries (the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland). (Unfortunately, the complete … Continue reading →

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Screening For Prostate Cancer

Meeting Time, Ethical Issues in Psychiatry

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Laura Newman

I am heading to the annual meeting of the Association of Healthcare Journalists, have been occupied with paying work for a change, and cannot do the usual detailed post I do here. In the meantime, it’s worth flagging some recent health … Continue reading →

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Mental health medication: is it always A Bad Thing?

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Laura Newman

THIS is a guest post written by Martha Roberts, a journalist and mental health blogger in the UK, who writes the blog, Mentalhealthwise. Martha is on twitter @martharoberts01. Thank you, Martha. ###### ‘So when can you come off your medication, … Continue reading →

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Writing About Alzheimer’s and Dementia Gets Complicated

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Laura Newman

Now that I have spent three days listening to expert neurologists, demographers, caregivers, and policy people talk about Alzheimer’s, I come away from the meeting with a sense that the story is complicated, and that I hope it is not … Continue reading →

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