A recent report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) of an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in southern Sudan comes at a time when increasing focus is being put on the […]
Month: September 2010
Julian Sheather: Science, bad science and self abuse
I recently happened upon a fascinating article by Ben Goldacre – he of Bad science fame – on the ticklish question of the provision of pornography at IVF clinics to […]
John Appleby and Nancy Devlin: Which English hospital is best at hips?
Earlier this month, the first set of data on post-operative patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) was published by the Department of Health. For the first time, this has provided a […]
Andrew Burd on medical student assessment
Last weekend the medical faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong had its annual curriculum retreat. This is an opportunity to discuss the ever increasing challenges of teaching medicine […]
Research highlights – 29 September 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 Smith: Creating a sustainable health system, learning from business
If we carry on as now we will need 2.3 planets to support the 9 billion people who will be alive in 2050, says the World Business Council for Sustainable […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review 29 September 2010
JAMA 22-29 Sep 2010 Vol 304 1331 Heart failure management is supposedly a showcase for evidence-based medicine, with lots of interventional trials to guide the deployment of ACE inhibitors, angiotensin […]
Thilo Govender: What about the children?
2003 – it was the best of times and it was the worst of times for people in South Africa with HIV/AIDS. The national minister of health at the time […]
Esohe Omoregie: What’s wrong with public health?
The other day, I had my first weekend on-call as an SHO. My consultant asked me the inevitable question about my career plans. I resisted the urge to stay in […]
Sandra Lako: The death of a child …
This afternoon an expatriate internal medicine doctor started an ultrasound workshop with the doctors. I thought it would be useful for me to go, so I did. The ultrasound room […]