Edward Picot’s blog (incorporating Dr Hairy)

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.

A new instalment of Dr Hairy’s Podcast is now available at http://www.drhairy.org/index.php/dr-hairys-research-podcasts, or on Podbean at https://drhairysresearchpodcasts.podbean.com/.

Dr David Hindmarsh and Julian Le Saux discuss recent medical articles from the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) and the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Subjects covered this time:

• ‘Non-attendance at urgent referral appointments for suspected cancer’, BJGP December 2019, p 602
• ‘Factors affecting use of unscheduled care for people with advanced cancer’, BJGP December 2019, p 603
• ‘The Reflecting Team: a new approach to case discussion’, BJGP December 2019, p 612
• ‘Quaternary JPrevention: an evidence-based concept aiming to protect patients from medical harm’, BJGP December 2019, p 614
• ‘AI system outperforms radiologists in first reading of breast cancer screening, study claims’, BMJ m16
• ‘C reactive protein testin in general practice safely reduces antibiotic use for flare-ups of COPD’, BMJ l5991
• ‘Long term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and incidence of stroke’, BMJ l6720
• ‘France removes state funding for dementia drugs’, BMJ l6930

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.

Happy New Year! From ‘I’m a Parsnip!’, my forthcoming picture book.

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.