“Health testing -- what's in it for you?" 6.30–8.30pm Thursday 6th
November, 2008, The Royal College of Pathologists, 2 Carlton House
Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AF.
Full body ‘MOTs’, well-man and well-woman screening, DIY testing kits
from blood sugar and cholesterol to genetics and allergy; they’re all
now part of the armoury for well people who want to protect their
health. Surely it makes sense to adopt the ‘better safe than sorry’
attitude when it comes to something as important as your future well-
being? But many doctors and scientists don’t agree with this
increasingly promoted idea that well people need to be tested for
diseases – in fact, they say that testing for a disease before
symptoms appear can even harm in ways people may not have considered.
So can tests really give peace of mind? Are risks involved in our
quest to safeguard our health? Whose responsibility is it to ensure
that that doctors and the public are informed about the benefits and
limitations of tests? Join our panellists for this pressing and
topical discussion: Dr Danielle Freedman, Consultant Chemical
Pathologist, Dr Evan Harris MP, Liberal Democrat Science Spokesperson
and doctor formerly working in Public Health Medicine Dr Margaret
McCartney, GP and Columnist at the Financial Times, Dr Andrew Valance-
Owen, Medical Director, BUPA, Doris Ann Williams, Director General,
The British In Vitro Diagnostics Association, Chair: Professor Peter
Furness, Vice-President, Royal College of Pathologists. You will be
welcome to stay for a wine reception once the discussion comes to a
close. This free event is supported by Sense About Science and the
Royal College of Pathologists.
For more information on these events and to book a place please
contact Ruth Semple, on [log in to unmask] or 020 7451 6701.
Jonathan
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