World Malaria Day was this week and unfortunately, although a preventable disease, malaria still kills many people in the developing world. At the children’s hospital I work at, we see […]
Month: April 2011
Tracey Koehlmoos on open versus free access: lesson learnt
Out of the blue on 28 March my colleagues and I received notification that all Lancet journals are now available to everyone in Bangladesh. As you can imagine, this is excellent […]
Anya Sarang: Russian prisons as a source of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis presents a serious problem to public health all over the world and especially in countries with developing economies. In spite of the availability of effective treatment for simple tuberculosis, […]
Sarah Welsh: Becoming a centenarian
How long do you expect to live… 70? 80? Maybe even 90? Many consider being around in your 80s is an impressive feat. Yet, new figures suggest as many as […]
Jochen Schmitt and Hywel Williams: Harmonising outcome measures for eczema in clinical trials and routine care
Eczema (synonymous with atopic dermatitis and atopic eczema) affects about one in five preschool children, up to one in eight adolescents, and approximately 3% of adults. The constant itching caused […]
Nathan Ford: Improving treatment for severe malaria
Major advances in drug therapy are rare, particularly in the neglected field of tropical diseases. So it was quite appropriate that when the results of the largest trial ever done […]
Ryuki Kassai: Fukushima one month on
Ironically, the annual sakura (cherry flowers) season has just come to Fukushima when one month has passed since the first earthquake and tsunami hit us. Fukushima is famous for its […]
Muir Gray: Japan, a little good news
I have been to Japan on a number of occasions and learned a great deal from the people I have met there, and from what I have read. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 26 April 2011
JAMA 20 Apr 2011 Vol 305 1545 Chronic kidney disease, pre-diabetes, subclinical hypothyroidism, vitamin D insufficiency, attention deficit disorder, asymptomatic systolic dysfunction, borderline personality disorder, early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, […]
Research highlights – 22 April 2011
“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 […]