Stage 7: Tests and Treatments
How medicines, tests, scans and procedures work.
Medicines
How drugs work, side effects, interactions and safe prescribing.
- How medicines work (coming soon)
- Side effects and safety (coming soon)
- How Your Body Processes a Medicine (coming soon)
- Taking Medicines as Prescribed (coming soon)
- When Medicines Interact (coming soon)
- Understanding Painkillers (coming soon)
- Tolerance, Dependence and Withdrawal (coming soon)
Investigations
Blood tests, X-rays, CT, MRI and ultrasound — how to read and understand results.
- Blood tests explained generally (coming soon)
- Imaging: X-ray, CT, MRI and ultrasound (coming soon)
- Why No Test Is Perfect (coming soon)
- Urine, Stool and Swab Tests (coming soon)
- Heart Tracings and Monitoring (coming soon)
- Camera Tests: Endoscopy and Scopes (coming soon)
- Biopsy: What Happens to a Sample (coming soon)
Procedures
Surgery, anaesthesia, keyhole procedures and consent — what happens and why.
- Surgery and procedures (coming soon)
- Anaesthesia Explained (coming soon)
- Before and After a Procedure (coming soon)
- Keyhole and Minimally Invasive Procedures (coming soon)
- Consent and Shared Decisions (coming soon)
Screening
How screening works, why it is offered, what a result means, and its benefits and harms.
- Screening programmes (coming soon)
- Screening Is Not Diagnosis (coming soon)
- What Makes a Good Screening Test (coming soon)
- When Screening Can Do Harm (coming soon)