Now that I am out of the closet about being a Cochrane reviewer, I will further come clean on the fact that I have attended the Cochrane Colloquia for the […]
Month: October 2010
Research highlights – 29 October 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 […]
Vasiliy Vlassov on a Russian medical conference without pharma support
Four hundred years ago on European maps the land that became Russia was called “Tartaria.” Now Tatarstan is a national republic in the Russian Federation. It is small by Russian […]
Sally Carter on maternal health – with a touch of glamour
Eighteen months ago I had my first child, and ever since I’ve loved listening to other people’s birth stories – long, short, blissful, or terrifying – I’m all ears. I got a ticket […]
Ed Cooper: Just do it!
I think our role is quite well covered by the slogan for sports footwear: “Just do it!” It’s satisfying to sit beside a doctor who is not a paediatrician but […]
Martin McShane: Transition
We did something a bit different today as an executive team. We used the “goldfish bowl” technique to explore how to support the transition from PCT-led to Consortia-based commissioning. I […]
Daniel Palazuelos on community participation in Mexico
I. The power to move mountains? The commotion pealed like thunder in the distance. It was unmistakable. We turned the corner of the mountain dirt road and came upon over […]
Sandra Lako on the importance of prevention
A few weeks ago a child came to the hospital with classic signs of tetanus: a locked jaw, rigidity of the muscles, and jerking of the body. The diagnosis was […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Sports medicine awards and research opportunity
The Lord Speaker’s chambers at the House of Lords seemed an appropriate setting for the presentation of the Duke of Edinburgh prize for sport and exercise medicine. And, it seems, […]
Anna Dixon: The NHS white paper – what do doctors think of their new roles?
The past few months have been busy for anyone like me whose job it is to make sense of the government’s policy on health care. The coalition government launched a […]