“Come over for a discussion on overdiagnosis and contribute your ideas to tackle it,” was the invitation. A diverse mix of doctors, nurses, researchers, public health practitioners, and students from […]
Month: October 2014
The BMJ Today: England’s ongoing battle with liver disease
Today, The BMJ reports the stark warnings from public health experts about the rate of mortality from liver disease in England, and the regional variation across the country. As Jacqui […]
Kate Adlington: Should the UK move towards greater regulation of doctor-industry relations?
International interest in the interaction between physicians and industry has been mounting since the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (PPSA) was passed in the United States in 2012. The first data […]
Surayya Johar: Open Access Week—the next generation
Open Access Week, a global event now entering its eighth year and running from 20-6 October, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—20 October 2014
NEJM 16 October 2014 Vol 371 1507 I hate military metaphors for cancer as much as anybody, but here is a study which describes hell in the leukaemia trenches. The […]
The BMJ Today: How “political” should The BMJ be?
At the Royal College of Physicians’ Harveian Oration last week, a doctor told me The BMJ had become a “political” rag. And it was not the first time that the […]
Amy Price: Patients doing research for themselves
Patient rights and empowerment movements have grown exponentially over the last decade. Shared data movements and clinical decision making may employ slogans like “having a voice,” “nothing about me, without […]
The BMJ Today: Aiming for a culture of safety not perfection
Do you believe in the “boundless capacity of medical science?” In a philosophical podcast to accompany this week’s analysis article, Professor Jerome Hoffman and Dr Hemal Kanzaria, of the University […]
Yvonne Obura: Female genital cutting—improving doctors’ awareness
Female genital cutting (FGC) or mutilation (FGM) is the removal or injury of the external female genitalia for non-medical purposes. It is estimated that 125 million women and girls worldwide […]
Carolyn Thomas: My experience of patient peer review
I’ve finally hit the “Submit” button on my patient review of a research paper submitted to The BMJ—and in time for its deadline. Hurray! This is the first project of this […]