This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, in which between 500 000 and a million people were brutally killed. The international community failed to act and MSF […]
Month: May 2014
Jim Murray: Who cares about the European Parliament?
Many people across Europe regard the European Parliament as irrelevant, or worse. Personally I find this sad but they are entitled to their view. I wrote a blog here a […]
Joe Collier: Pfizer go home
Our house guest’s question came out of the blue. Anne, who has known me for years, suddenly asked why I had stopped railing against the pharmaceutical industry. Were the companies […]
Anujeet Panesar on playing the patient
Having the fortune of being a healthy person so far, I have rarely needed to see my GP. Hence I already suspected my own experience as a patient would be […]
The BMJ Today: The schools of hard knocks?
Schools should teach students not only academic knowledge and cognitive skills, but also the knowledge and skills they will need to promote their own mental and physical health, and successfully […]
Jocalyn Clark: Global health in medical journals
Last week in London we had a lively and enjoyable reunion of The BMJ’s editorial registrars. In 2002 I was registrar number 13 of the now 25 year old scheme […]
The BMJ Today: Smoking, nicotine, e-cigarettes, and corruption
Should smokers be advised to cut down as well as to quit? This is the debate captured in our latest Head to Head article, just published on bmj.com. The cost […]
Azeem Majeed: Three obstacles to increasing the use of statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Statistics from the OECD show that the per person use of statins in the UK is the highest in Europe and the second highest among all OECD countries. There are a […]
Judith Hibbard: How do people become good managers of their own health?
Within the general population some people actively focus on reaching and maintaining good health, while others are more passive about the whole thing. So what makes the difference? Is learning […]
Steve Isaacs: Do adolescents take more risks than other age groups?
Aidan McFarlane recently gave the third Ann McPherson Lecture at Green Templeton College, Oxford. It was entitled: “Adolescent behaviours: learning from experimentation, a risky business.” McPherson and McFarlane had formerly […]