Media release archive 2005
| 7 November 2005 | Risk to patient safety
A new study raises serious questions in relation to how clinicians understand failures in safety checking tasks in the health care system. |
| 1 November 2005 | Deep vein thrombosis prevention is ignored in UK hospitals
Venous thromboembolism in patients, also known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) due to its common manifestation in the deep veins of the legs, is being ignored in UK hospitals despite clear, evidence-based guidelines on the use of preventative treatments. |
| 28 October 2005 | The Medical World of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin: revolutionary, scientist, statesman, printer, philosopher – physician? |
| 3 October 2005 | Suicide rates are increasing in developing countries
A new article reveals suicide rates are on the increase in developing countries and argues for the establishment of regional centres for suicide monitoring and surveillance. |
| 3 October 2005 | Top movies condone unsafe sex and drug misuse
Depictions of sex and drug use in popular movies have lacked public health messages, reveals a new study in the October issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. |
| 23 September 2005 | Trafalgar: Could Nelson have survived today?
Could Horatio Nelson have survived in the modern navy? The Royal Society of Medicine will today [Friday 23/9/05] examine the advances in medicine, trauma and surgery with a conference in Portsmouth. |
| 22 September 2005 | Wellbeing: the arts and health Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine is holding a meeting on Tuesday, 27 September 2005 to examine the ways arts activities can have a positive influence on health and wellbeing in individuals and within communities. |
| 2 August 2005 | Royal Society of Medicine guides... A new series of books to help patients and carers through an illness
The Royal Society of Medicine, the UK’s leading provider of continuing medical education, has teamed up with Hodder Education to publish a series of guides on some of the most common illnesses and conditions. |
| 8 July 2005 | Assisting people with MS
The Royal Society of Medicine is holding a half-day conference on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) on Friday, 15 July 2005. |
| 5 July 2005 | Why do doctors wear white coats? Who was the first test-tube baby? How can jet lag be avoided? A new book reveals all… The Royal Society of Medicine Press has published a wide-ranging book that delves into the vast array of fact (and fiction) in medical science. |
| 6 June 2005 | Doctors meet to discuss ‘crisis’ in child protection
Leading experts involved in the field of child abuse are gathering today at the Royal Society of Medicine - Monday 6 June - at a special conference to discuss the growing ‘crisis’ in child protection. |
| 23 March 2005 | Will food take over from medicine?
The allopathic model of medicine has 'rreached diminished returns,' some experts say, and as it falters we are 'moving to a pharmaco-nutritional model.' |
| 11 February 2005 | 'Consistently rising' rates of STIs and HIV in menopausal women and older adults are 'ignored'
The rates of STI and HIV infection are on the rise in adults over the age of 45. |
| 9 February 2005 | Improving communication about sexual health during the menopause
On Friday 11 February at 10.30am, the British Menopause Society and the Royal Society of Medicine Press will launch a new publication, Sexual Health and the Menopause. |
| 27 January 2005 | The
problem with NHS star ratings
Since 2001, the star rating system of NHS acute hospital trusts have given the public the ability to compare one hospital from another using a standard evaluation process. |
