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Muiris Houston: Narrative diagnoses, rather than labels, can describe...
Writing in the Postgraduate Medical Journal , Dr John Launer wonders why, given the complexity and uncertainty of health, the concept of “narrative diagnosis” hasn’t become established in medicine. “As...
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Breast self-examination a waste of time, says cancer registry chief
Regular breast self-examination is a “waste of time” in the early detection of breast cancer, while there is “very little evidence” that annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests have any impact on...
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Muiris Houston: More technology and less tolerance paves the way for...
Can doctors overdiagnose? At first glance it seems like a silly question. Surely diagnosis is one of our prime functions as medics? Patients expect it and not making a diagnosis would seem to be a...
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GP failed to diagnose life-threatening abdominal infection
A GP who failed to diagnose a patient with a life-threatening infection that created a mass the size of a melon in her abdomen was found guilty of poor professional performance at a Medical Council...
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Letter to Times: “our society itself is not a particularly salubrious...
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Dermot Walsh (October 15th) asks what “conclusions may we draw from a situation where the abnormal has become the norm?” My own conclusion, for what it is worth after a half...
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Lancet: scan can predict heart attacks from plaques
The discovery was made in a study researching whether a scanner could pick up the outlines of fatty “plaques” in arteries. The results are published in ‘The Lancet’ today. (Independent) >Filed...
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Beware psychiatrists’ advice on ADHD
If an idea goes unchallenged, it eventually becomes accepted as fact, even if there’s no evidence to support the idea being pushed. That’s why the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) in the UK...
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Poor diagnosis exposes hundreds to potentially deadly, “chameleon-like” Lyme...
There have been 19 cases of Lyme Disease reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to date this year, more than double the eight cases reported in...
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TV drama House leads doctors to mystery diagnosis
If you’re unlucky enough to be stricken with a rare medical condition, you’d better hope your doctor watches the right TV show. That was the lesson for one German man with severe heart failure and a...
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People with rare disease can wait 10 years for right diagnosis
“Although there has been some progress, with better communication between patient groups and specialists in the medical field, it remains the case that those who have received an accurate diagnosis are...
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