I was at a conference, struggling with one of those sharp sticks on which a bit of chicken was impaled whilst holding a plate of food in the other hand, […]
Month: May 2010
Peter Lapsley: ACHCEW – bless you!
No doubt, countless pressure groups will be beavering away, bending the new government’ s ear, each with its own agenda and promoting its own interests. Few will take account of […]
Edward Davies: Dads and depression
One in 10 men suffer from “postnatal depression”, The Journal of the American Medical Association has just informed me. Postnatal depression in men often goes “undiagnosed”, and “men are as […]
Julian Sheather: Pain and its uses
I am a terrible coward. I flee pain as the gazelle flees the lion. On a bad day I am living proof of Jeremy Bentham’s universal dictum: that the sole […]
K. M. Venkat Narayan: Indian diabetes census – just don’t count on it!
The Union Health Minister of India, Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad recently announced a plan to hold a diabetes census across the country. “We intend to start mandatory testing for diabetes […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Epidemiology pitfalls and high jumps
Cyclists sweated and panted alongside the car as we climbed the switchbacks of Holmenkollen mountain. At the top, a huge metal and concrete ramp stretched up towards the sky. And […]
Richard Smith: Where are the women leaders?
At the end of my class on leadership at Warwick Medical School comes a dreadful moment. I’ve enjoyed myself and am packing up, when the only student left, a woman, […]
Domhnall MacAuley on a great Norwegian success story
A great Norwegian success story. Celebrated at Kleivstua in the pine forests of the national park as the sunshine and snow flurries competed for the Nordic Spring. This was the […]
Andrew Burd on Chinese chopper attacks
There is a specific utensil found in the kitchen of all Chinese homes; a finely balanced rectangular blade with a keenly sharpened edge that is used for peeling and parring, […]
Martin McShane: Trust
Decades after it was introduced, the impact of fundholding still resonates. Many GPs hanker after the influence it brought, the way it made the big providers in the system sit […]