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The BMJ Today: Going deaf for a living
There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence that the hedonistic lifestyle favoured by musicians— particularly those of a rock ‘n’ roll persuasion—is not conducive to good health outcomes. But leaving aside such […]
K M Venkat Narayan: Global non-communicable diseases—a series of reflections
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and poor mental health—are major and growing public health threats for all regions of the world—rich and poor, […]
The BMJ Today: Prisoners and medical professionalism
Sarah Kimball and Stephen Soldz’s editorial on The BMJ’s website today raises important questions about medical professionalism when dealing with prisoners. A recent report into the role of doctors in prisons […]
Päivi Hietanen and Matthew Richard: Providing healthcare in a Syrian refugee camp
A new temporary home in the desert Assisted by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Jordanian authorities, large families flee their homes in war torn Syria to seek refuge […]
Rhys Davies: Imagining the Future of Medicine—not just robots and old people
On Monday 21 April, the Royal Albert Hall played host to a curious event. Imagining the Future of Medicine was an afternoon filled with a variety of speakers and artistic […]
Glyn Elwyn et al: Crowdsourcing health care—hope or hype?
The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science How does the increasing interest in the use of crowdsourcing platforms, as a way to help patients, fit into the debate about […]
Richard Smith: Do sexual abuse of children and research misconduct have something in common?
Every so often I hear stories of people prominent in medical research who are suspected of research misconduct—or research fraud, as it was once more bluntly called. Could the stories […]
The BMJ Today: Good figures, bad figures, and no figures
New statistics on The BMJ‘s website today show improved cancer survival rates in the UK. Half of patients diagnosed with cancer today will survive for at least 10 years, whereas only […]
Jane Smith: Robot journalism
Imagine a news story written and published within three minutes of the event happening. That’s a real scenario described by Emily Bell in her T P Stead Lecture at the […]