Unanswered questions over NHS health checks

NHS Health Checks

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. In England, the government has adopted a population-wide prevention program for cardiovascular disease, the NHS Health Check program. The program has sparked controversies over the evidence base and feasibility of implementation. We aim to provide an update on the debate and program implementation. In conclusion, ...

Where's the evidence for NHS health checks?

Back in January 2008, the then prime minister, Gordon Brown, announced “everyone in England will have access to the right preventative health check-up . . . there will soon be check-ups on offer to monitor for heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and kidney disease.” Brown went further, pledging a national screening committee, an independent clinical body, that “will look at the evidence and advis...

E-Learning: some unanswered questions

Yoga: Some Unanswered Questions

Grover et al (1994) have provided an excellent and thought provoking analysis of the usefulness of yoga in treating neurotic disorders. Some questions however remain. One criticism of psychotherapy is that the criteria for the selection of suitable candidates usually identify patients with good prognostic features-patients who may improve even without any therapeutic intervention. Another criti...

Pregnancy- Some Unanswered Questions

The definition of pregnancy as the state of a female in the time interval between fertilization of her ova and the expulsion of the foetuses at term, lays focus on the maternal organism and casual thinking tends to emphasize maternal physiology and welfare. In part, this is due to the fact that the maternal organism is reasonably accessible for day to day observations and measurements which do ...