On May 11, in the centre of Berlin, the European Science Foundation presented “Forward Look – implementation of medical research in clinical practice.” Forward Looks are consensus reports with a […]
Year: 2011
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 16 May 2011
JAMA 11 May 2011 Vol 305 1863 It’s hard to think of any physiological rationale for trying out a bolus dose of epoetin alfa following successful percutaneous intervention for myocardial […]
Research highlights – 13 May 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 […]
Sarah Welsh: Giving birth in art
Why is the subject of birth rarely engaged with in contemporary art? This is what Birth Rite’s collection “Birth in Contemporary Art,” questioned at a symposium on 11 June. Held […]
Liz Wager: Are journal editors like used car salesmen?
Yesterday, I gave evidence to a UK parliamentary inquiry into peer review (as did Fiona Godlee). (The session can be viewed here) Before the session I tried to think of […]
Cheryl Rofer: Radiation dose and cancer risk: some numbers
I really like numbers, and it’s taken me some time to get to them in discussing risk to health from radiation. I also like to know what goes into the […]
Martin McShane: Substantially amend
“If you feel confused you probably know what is going on.” Out in PCT land it is fascinating to watch and listen to all the noise and thunder in the […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Middle aged man
Roddy Doyle nailed it. The unspoken aimlessness of middle aged man. His collection of short stories, “Bullfighting,” was frightening in its ordinariness, the drifting banality of a forgotten tribe. What […]
David Kerr: T(w)eaching – using Twitter to teach patients
In the UK, we usually do it in groups – that is teaching patients with diabetes and other chronic disease how to self manage their condition. For example, a group […]
Sarah Walpole: It only takes health professionals to do nothing for bad things to happen
The key strategic challenges facing health services across the globe are to meet changing needs and expectations, improve quality of care, and work within financial, resource related, and environmental limits. […]