Just as the Paralympics came to a close, members of the International Society for Social Pediatrics practised running on the West Sands beach on St Andrews where the opening scenes […]
Month: September 2012
Richard Lehman’s journal review—17 September 2012
JAMA 12 Sep 2012 Vol 308 981 “Considering the cost, invasiveness, inpatient requirement, and morbidity of bariatric surgery, a truly intensive nonsurgical comparison group is not only justifiable but also […]
John Ashton on witnessing the Hillsborough disaster
You don’t expect to set off for a major football match on a beautiful spring morning with your young sons and nephew and emerge 12 hours later like a survivor […]
Rhys Davies: A sign from God or Schneider?
I am currently on my psychiatry rotation. Psychiatry is one of those peculiar specialties that tends to polarise medical students. Some dismiss it as merely asking, “And how does that […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Mental rehearsal in medicine
Let’s try a few mental exercises. Can you tell me how many windows you would see if you stood at the front of your house, do the first three notes […]
Richard Smith: Non-communicable disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) of WHO has some of the highest rates of non-communicable disease (NCD) in the world. Six of the countries with the highest rates of diabetes […]
Julian Sheather: What’s wrong with moral enhancement?
The question of whether biotechnology should be deployed to improve human beings morally is starting to climb out of the pages of recondite publications and dip a quizzical toe in […]
Athene Donald: “Science: it’s a girl thing” is not a cure
The EU scored an own goal a few weeks back when it launched its new website “Science: It’s a Girl Thing,” a site aimed at getting more teenage girls to […]
Rachael Craven: A day in the life of an MSF volunteer doctor in Syria
My mobile rings in the middle of a busy day, “Hi Rachael, its Brigitte from MSF UK, I’ve had a call from Paris, they were wondering if by any chance […]
Tiago Villanueva: Time for an overhaul of reproductive health in the Philippines
Population control in the developing world is a major public health issue, as large families and overcrowding perpetuate cycles of poverty. The dire situation in the Philippines is considerably overlooked, […]