BOOK REVIEW: Malignant: How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer
Reviewed by Till Bruckner“Malignant: How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer” by Vinayak K Prasad. Johns Hopkins University Press: May 2020 RRP £21.49“Ultimately, the purpose of cancer...
View ArticleMEETING REPORT: A new approach to screening for cancer
A surrogate endpoints workshop at a recent Cancer Research UK conference prompted an idea for a radical new approach to researching screening. By Michael Baum, with an introduction by Mandy...
View ArticleWhy deny patients with chronic fatigue syndrome treatments that can help?
By Professor Peter White, responding to “It is not only drugs and devices that can harm” (HealthWatch Newsletter issue 114, Summer 2021)Until I retired, a physician colleague and I jointly ran a clinic...
View ArticleAn early history of the charity now called HealthSense
By one of the charity’s founder members, Professor Vincent Marks, with help from Caroline Richmond and an Afterword by our president Nick Ross. This is the story of the beginnings of HealthSense, the...
View ArticleNews in Brief
Our News in Brief section features latest achievements and news from our brilliant volunteers, and opportunities to get involved. Let us know what you are doing to promote good science and integrity in...
View ArticleHealthSense Newsletter - Spring 2022
Welcome to our first Newsletter as HealthSense!As of January 2022, HealthSense became the new name for HealthWatch, the charity formed over 30 years ago to promote good science and integrity in...
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