It’s an odd question I know, but bear with me. It was prompted by a book I picked up again recently, “Open Skies,” a collection of Somerset landscapes by the […]
Month: July 2010
Tony Waterston: Going against the grain in Gaza
At a time when the news coming out from Gaza is deeply depressing, it is good to report some entirely positive developments in relation to paediatric teaching. Ten years ago, […]
Peter Lapsley: Casting for recovery
Until quite recently, I saw little connection between fly fishing and health service provision apart from the fact that many doctors are also fly fishers. A year or so ago, […]
Andrew Burd: Bring back the white coat
Helen, a delightful medical student from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, has been staying with us for an elective. All overseas students are asked to provide their own white […]
This week’s research highlights – 30 July 2010
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research […]
Richard Lehman’s journal blog 27 July 2010
JAMA 21 July 2010 Vol 235 This issue of JAMA is devoted to human immunodeficiency virus infection in resource-poor countries and as usual I won’t attempt to comment on issues such […]
David Payne on Colin Blakemore’s childhood
The UK coalition government’s Academies Bill was rushed through Parliament this week, giving the green light to parents to set up their own schools. Critics argue that it’s a backward […]
Sandra Lako on her return to Freetown
After being away from Sierra Leone for a year, it is good to be back. Previously I spent four and a half years in Sierra Leone working for an NGO, […]
Jeremy Sare on NRG1
The Fly Agaric mushroom, depicted in many a book of fairytales, is a powerful hallucinogen but still perfectly legal. The reason why successive governments have not sought to ban it […]
Richard Smith on improving what the world eats
High blood pressure is the second main cause of disease burden in Australia and is only marginally behind tobacco, said Bruce Neal, senior director, research and development at the George […]