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Juliet Dobson
Juliet Dobson: How gardens can improve health
We are lucky in BMA House to have a beautiful and well looked after garden. It is all the more of a luxury for being in the very centre of […]
Juliet Dobson: Cutting support services for new mothers is a false economy
I was sad to hear that support services for new mothers are going to be cut across England. The Guardian reports that breastfeeding classes, home visits from midwives, and “babyfeeding […]
Juliet Dobson: Understanding Ebola in Africa
What has the recent Ebola outbreak shown us about West Africa’s development? Did it reveal Africa’s weaknesses or its strengths? On 23 March, Hans Rosling, from the Karolinska Institute, and […]
Juliet Dobson: Breast may be best, but it’s also a huge challenge
News of a new study published yesterday in Lancet Global Health, which shows that breast feeding is linked with higher IQ, was music to my ears. I am the mother […]
The BMJ Today: Working all hours and alcohol use
You would have thought that working long hours would leave people with little time left for an after work drink, but according to this meta-analysis by Virtanen and colleagues, people who […]
Juliet Dobson: Probably Nothing
Probably Nothing is a comic by Matilda Tristram about discovering that she had colon cancer when she was 17 weeks pregnant. The comic, initially published online and now as a […]
Juliet Dobson: MSF scientific day 2013—how can we measure the impact of research?
How can we measure the impact of research? What is impact, and how can we show that research leads to measurable outcomes for patients? On 10 May, Médecins Sans Frontières […]
Juliet Dobson: Open journalism and social media
The Guardian is well known for being at the forefront of journalism and for pushing forward ever more innovative ways of covering the news. A talk at King’s Place on […]
Juliet Dobson: Freedom of the press v privacy rights. Is it time for parliament to draw the line?
The seventh UCL/Bindmans Debate on 8 February tackled the question of press privacy. Should parliament regulate the press? One side of the argument is that freedom of expression is too […]