The highlights of the Autumn 2016 issue of the HealthWatch Newsletter are now online! In our Highlights you can read our news stories in full, plus tasters of the features:

  • NEWS Breast screening victory in Uruguay, and more news on science and integrity from home and abroad
  • NEWS FEATURE Les Rose has exposed charities that promote unproven and useless remedies to the sick and vulnerable. This is the latest on his public campaign, and – finally – news of possible action from the Charities Commission
  • ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS Evidence needed! For effective therapies for disabled children. Christopher Morris from PenCRU on a resource that promotes quality information for affected families
  • MEDIA Is “balance” always necessary in news reporting? An extract from the latest book by awardwinning author and journalist John Illman
  • MEETING REPORT Students are the future of HealthWatch. John Kirwan and Debra Bick on the inspiration generated by our healthcare student workshop

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All HealthWatch newsletter content becomes fully open access 12 months after original publication – in the most recent open access issue of the HealthWatch Newsletter (Autumn 2015) you can now read Colin Brewer’s thoughtful feature on the government’s plans to reduce suicides; nutrition expert David Bender on internet promises of eternal youth; and Nick Ross presents a controversial view on medical confidentiality.

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