Concerns over UK advice

Confidentiality concerns delay UK patient data system.

Health concerns in UK Armed Forces personnel.

As a result of the nature of their employment members of the UK Armed Forces may, on occasion, be exposed to physical danger. Although the nature of the occupational hazards they encounter may be predictable, such as enemy action or adverse climactic conditions, they are frequently far more uncertain. Most military professionals acknowledge that they may face danger as part of the job – that is...

Separation of Concerns with Procedures, Annotations, Advice and Pointcuts

There are numerous mechanisms for separation of concerns at the source code level. Three mechanisms that are the focus of recent attention – metadata annotations, pointcuts and advice – can be modeled together with good old-fashioned procedures as providing different kinds of bindings: procedure calls bind program points to operations, annotations bind attributes to program points; pointcuts bi...

Over-the-counter advice for coughs

Acough is a protective reflex invoked when something blocks or irritates the airway. It is a forced expulsive manoeuvre, usually against a closed glottis (the opening between the vocal cords), associated with a characteristic sound. Its purpose is to maintain normal breathing by removing mucus or noxious substances from the larynx, trachea and larger bronchi. The reflex is complex but can be pi...

MMR vaccination advice over the Internet.

We wanted to investigate what advice UK homeopaths, chiropractors and general practitioners give on measles, mumps and rubella vaccination programme (MMR) vaccination via the Internet. Online referral directories listing e-mail addresses of UK homeopaths, chiropractors and general practitioners and private websites were visited. All addresses thus located received a letter of a (fictitious) pat...