UK Perspective

• Thirty Years of Cancer Care Documented but What Does the Future Hold?   Professor Karol Sikora has edited his latest and last edition of a major cancer book and reflects on what's changed over the years, and what's still to come.
  Medscape UK, December 01, 2020
• Plummeting A&E Attendances Show Children 'Made Invisible' by COVID Measures Paediatric public health consultant Professor Rachel Isba talks to Medscape UK about the urgent need for children’s care to be part of pandemic planning.
  Medscape UK, November 27, 2020
• 'Shattering': Why Even a Month's Cancer Delay Matters   Professor Karol Sikora didn’t think a 4 week delay in cancer treatment would matter until he read 'shattering' results in a recent BMJ paper.
  Medscape UK, November 06, 2020
• Medscape UK Doctors' Burnout & Lifestyle Survey 2020 How have UK doctors coped with burnout and other pressures during 2020, the year of COVID-19?
  Medscape UK, November 02, 2020
• TCT 2020 Four Top Trials From TCT 2020   Prof Mamas Mamas presents his pick of research presented at this year's virtual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2020.
  Medscape UK, October 22, 2020
• COVID-19 A&E Perspective: Iceberg Ahoy Dr Dan O'Carroll reflects on increasing pressures on emergency departments as COVID-19 cases rise.
  Medscape UK, October 16, 2020
• COVID-19: NICOR Report's Insights Into COVID and Cardiovascular Outcomes   Professor Mamas Mamas reflects on the first wave insights of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) report on COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular disease.
  Medscape UK, October 12, 2020
• COVID-19: End of Life Care Concerns After Rise in Home Deaths There's been a significant rise in people dying at home since the COVID-19 pandemic started and that trend looks set to continue.
  Medscape UK, October 09, 2020
• EASD 2020 EASD Highlights: Hypoglycaemia & Guidelines Consensus   Prof Kamlesh Khunti presents his personal highlights from the virtual European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2020 Annual Meeting.
  Medscape UK, October 02, 2020
• Sperm Take Up to 3 Years to Recover After Anabolic Steroids Sperm can take up to 3 years to recover after anabolic steroid use, hindering fertility.
  Medscape News UK, October 01, 2020
• Royal Society of Medicine: Respect and Treat Obesity Like Any Other Endocrine Disease Dr Alex Miras takes the virtual audience through treatment options for obesity and insists on respecting obesity as an endocrine disease equal to any other.
  Medscape UK, September 30, 2020
• Refer Quickly to Specialist Neuroendocrine Centres if Suspected NET The first day of the Royal Society of Medicine Endocrinology and Diabetes webinar series discusses management of neuroendocrine tumours advising clinicians to refer to a specialist neuroendocrine tumour centre as soon as possible.
  Medscape UK, September 28, 2020
• ESMO 2020 ESMO: How Cancer Services Were Hit by COVID-19 First Wave   Professor Karol Sikora reflects on data presented at ESMO and how the pandemic halted cancer care.
  Medscape UK, September 25, 2020
• EASD 2020 EASD Science:  Beta Cells in the Eyes for T1D   Professor Guy Rutter on the latest scientific advances and the honour of delivering EASD's Albert Reynold Lecture.
  Medscape UK, September 25, 2020
• ESMO 2020 ESMO: STIMULI Optimism Despite Trial Data Disappointment   Prof Sanjay Popat on potential future advances after the STIMULI trial's negative outcomes in limited stage small cell lung cancer.
  Medscape UK, September 23, 2020
• ESMO 2020 ESMO: monarchE Abemaciclib 'Landmark' HR+ Breast Cancer Study   Prof Stephen Johnston, lead author of the monarchE study on how adding abemaciclib reduces recurrence in high-risk hormone receptor positive human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative early breast cancer.
  Medscape UK, September 20, 2020
• ESMO 2020 Burnout and Distress: ESMO Hears How COVID-19 Impacted Oncologists   Dr Susana Banerjee, chair of the ESMO Resilience Task Force, reflects on the effect of COVID-19 on oncology professionals.
  Medscape UK, September 20, 2020
• The Medical School Tackling 'Inherently Racist' Training The University of Bristol Medical School says the way doctors are trained is 'inherently racist'.
  Medscape UK, September 04, 2020
• ESC 2020 ESC 2020: Top 3 Studies   Professor Mamas Mamas presents his top picks from this year's virtual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.
  Medscape UK, September 02, 2020
• ESC 2020 ESC: DAPA-HF & SGLT2 Inhibitors a Year on   Prof John McMurray, University of Glasgow, on SGLT2 inhibitors in UK clinical practice.
  Medscape UK, September 01, 2020