An estimated three million people in the UK have osteoporosis, and a recent survey of the National Osteoporosis Society’s members revealed that a fifth of women who have fractured bones sustain three […]
Month: July 2014
The BMJ Today: Things worth getting depressed over
The summer may not have brought out the lighter side of The BMJ Today: austerity, assisted dying, medical overuse, and osteoporosis in men. Don’t be put off though. In two […]
Nicola Lane: From Facebook to film—the journey of the fitting room friends
If you rely on a prosthetic limb for your everyday mobility then you will need to visit a limb fitting centre throughout your whole life. In 1968, I lost my […]
Leigh Daynes: Healthcare access in the West—fact, not fiction
What do America, France, the UK, and most of the richest countries in the world all have that they should not have? The answer I’m looking for is not nuclear […]
The BMJ Today: The BMJ goes to a major European conference
GPs are a key audience of The BMJ, and we work hard to develop content that is highly relevant for the needs of GPs around the world. This week, The […]
The BMJ Today: Statins and uncertainty
And so the debate about the adverse effects of statins rumbles on. Nigel Hawkes reported from yesterday’s press briefing at the Science Media Centre saying that the ‘Statins War’ shows ‘no signs […]
David Kerr: Silicon is the new black
Recently the big four titans of technology (Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and Google) have, almost simultaneously, thrown their hats into the wearable sensor ring. Apparently, consumers now want to wear devices […]
The BMJ Today: New name, new logo, new website, some bugs
Writers of this daily update about new stuff published by The BMJ usually face an embarrassment of riches—more than 100 articles go online each week, along with dozens of rapid […]
Neal Maskrey: The importance of kindness
We seem to have a little hit on our hands. The BMJ published our Analysis article “Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis?” and within a few days, the social media […]