Formula 1 motor racing is not usually something associated with medical innovation, however a new exhibition at the Science Museum shows how Formula 1 inspired technology is being used to improve […]
Month: March 2009
Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news
A BMJ paper has been covered in Computer Weekly this week. The paper reported that a computerised test could be used to calculate whether patients are at risk of Type 2 […]
Zosia Kmietowicz: A lesson in diplomacy and persistence
It was hard not to feel sorry for Liam Donaldson on Monday morning. Arriving at a press conference to announce his latest strategies for improving the public’s health 24 hours […]
Tauseef Mehrali on ladybirds and tree-hugging
“Two hours – two f***ing hours!” he screams as he bludgeons his partner to a pulp in front of her four children for returning home late from the shops. The […]
Richard Feinmann on volunteering after retirement
What to do when you are a sexagenarian physician who has retired from hospital practice with 40 years in the NHS under your belt and golf/Sudoku not really appealing? Well, […]
Matiram Pun backs web-only publication
Journals historically started as print publications and, after reaching the library, were catalogued and arranged systematically for readers to find articles easily. Sometimes academics were confused and so would ask […]
Richard Smith asks: Is medicine as excessive as the banks?
Is medicine, like the banks, falling into excess? I asked myself this question at the end of last year as I read about the death of Faith Williams, the conjoint […]
Joe Collier on being an atheist
My belief that a supernatural power such as a god does not exist (ie, my being an atheist), is central to the way I think and act, and also determines […]
I see, I understand, I care, I act – thanks goodness for doctors…
I once heard of an experiment where a subject was placed in a room – and when smoke appeared under the door, she rightly raised the alarm immediately. However, when […]
Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news
There is some good news this week for men in their fifties who have not exercised much in the past. A BMJ study published last week shows that taking up […]