en Latest RSM media releases http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/ http://www.rsm.ac.uk/images/googlelogo.gif http://www.rsm.ac.uk http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr285.php This part of RSM Press business has been sold to Hodder Education, part of the Hachette Group, one of the largest book publishers in the UK. RSM Press will continue to publish books where they are sponsored by third parties. Although the Examdoctor product was relatively new, the success of its development meant it was a key component to the sale that has been agreed. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr284.php In the first study to test the theory that low cervical screening uptake is associated with broader social disillusionment, a paper in the Journal of Medical Screening has shown that women who said they rarely or never voted in elections were more likely to be overdue for screening. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr282.php A special edition of the journal, Clinical Risk, published today by the Royal Society of Medicine, looks at how the combination of an under-regulated market, "professional greed", increased marketing and overwhelming media hype have created a "perfect storm" that threatens patients and practitioners alike. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr283.php At a meeting on Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) at the Royal Society of Medicine, sponsored by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), doctors have called for coroners to routinely request consent from relatives to allow small amounts of tissue to be retained from young people (under 35 year olds) who die suddenly from heart disease or without explanation. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr281.php The most comprehensive and detailed review of the burden posed by allergic disease in Scotland concludes that one in three of the Scottish population are affected by allergies at some point in their lives - higher than in England. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr280.php Doctors and medical students who are facing examinations in the next few months can get extra help with their revision thanks to an online resource called examdoctor which is now available to MDU members with an exclusive discount of 33 per cent. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr279.php One Wimpole Street, the events and conferencing arm of the Royal Society of Medicine, is the first venue in the country to be issued with a certificate for BS 8901- the British Standard for a sustainable event management system. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr278.php Government anti-obesity campaigns should be focussing on women of child-bearing age, say leading clinicians. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr277.php A paper in this month's issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine highlights an under-reported but possibly not uncommon phenomenon - sneezing in response to sexual excitement. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr276.php Leading health bodies, including the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal Society of Medicine, have joined forces with Mencap to produce a best practice guide for health professionals on improving healthcare for people with a learning disability. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr275.php Here are two papers from the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Click on the links to see the papers in full. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr274.php Nearly two thirds of NHS acute hospital switchboards fail to answer incoming calls within twenty seconds. The longest wait was 18 minutes. The average answering time across all switchboards was 45 seconds, and fifty hospitals took more than a minute on average. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr273.php The Royal Society of Medicine Press has just launched examdoctor, a new interactive revision site for trainee doctors. RSM Press has sourced knowledge and experience from expert authors to produce the best possible preparation resource for Royal College and specialist assessments. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr272.php Being the genetic father of a child should not necessarily entitle men to parenting rights according to a new study published in the journal Clinical Ethics by researchers from the University of Birmingham. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr271.php A paper in the latest issue of the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry shows how the manner in which blood is collected from patients for some blood tests alters the results of those tests when it comes to analysis. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr270.php TThe risk of developing blood clots with prolonged sitting at work or at home has been highlighted in a study published in the latest issue of Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.  http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr268.php The care of older people should be a central priority in the NHS but too often it is marginalised, neglected and plays second fiddle to initiatives or targets designed to appeal to younger voters, says a paper in this month’s Journal of the Royal Medical Society. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr267.php The Royal Society of Medicine has re-launched its newly-refurbished conference, hospitality and meetings facilities as One Wimpole Street. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr269.php The care of older people should be a central priority in the NHS but too often it is marginalised, neglected and plays second fiddle to initiatives or targets designed to appeal to younger voters, says a paper in this month's Journal of the Royal Medical Society. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr266.php The elimination of pathology and laboratory medicine from the curriculum in many medical schools and consequent lack of knowledge of basic science among junior doctors is jeopardising patient safety, says a report in the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr265.php Home diagnostic tests sold over the internet are offering unsatisfactory product information which could be misleading consumers, warns a paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr264.php Female consultants working in the NHS are responsible for fewer patient episodes each year than their male counterparts, according to new research published in the current issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.