Example of this media campaign

The BBC does not disappoint! This article is absolutely scandalous for a number of reasons. The headline is 'Doctors 'deny elderly treatments' , but the article is merely saying that doctors treat elderly patients differently to younger patients.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6357627.stmWhat's so wrong with that? If this so called journalist actually had any knowledge of medicine then he may

why is the media dumbing down?

Maybe you don't think it is, however I will try to convince you that there is a definite trend in this direction.The trend has been over many years, a critical point was undoubtedly Murdoch taking on and beating the unions with help from his buddy Margaret Thatcher.http://www.goacom.org/overseas-digest/Media/murdoch.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapping_disputehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Cover up- you decide?

It's easy to get carried away with one's own paranoid ideas, especially when the rant gets into full motion. I apologise for trying to put my own ideas in your heads, the facts and evidence should do the talking.The D'OH (Department of Health) was emailed as regards MMC the other day, not really expecting to get much out of them, just a small amount of hot gas wafted back in my general

Deputy CMO responds

On the channel 4 news the other day Victoria McDonald did a piece on MMC (modernising medical careers), MMC being a scheme that is being rushed through by the current government. The news piece presented a very balanced view of the story and amply demonstrated several flaws in the policy.In many junior doctors' opinion the new system is flawed in principle, is being rushed through in a chaotic

Piss poor

For anyone out there who thinks doctors are overpaid fat cats who selfishly exploit the NHS to gold-plate their BMWs- think again!As a junior I know what it is really like and unfortunately our voice is rarely heard in the media.After a several years training we start on a decent, although not magnificent salary, and attempt to start paying off our hefty student debts.In the old days there was a

bad science

As a science graduate I am arrogant or educated enough to notice when science is being overtly abused in the name of profit.This website brilliantly exposes certain individuals who like to pretend they are slightly more knowledgeable than they actually are, mentioning no names of course:http://www.badscience.net/?p=362Far be it from me to claim to know more about nutrition than certain experts,

First entry

I aim to point out where others fail to see the wood from the trees, where those who govern us speak utter tripe and any other stuff I particularly fancy ranting about.I am sure very few people will read my blog, and incidentally I am not a ferret fancier, I just couldn't find any other blog names that were free! or maybe I am a ferret fancier and it was a freudian slip of sorts, you will have to