If you had asked any of us about our plans for November 2014, it probably would not have included a tour to Sierra Leone to treat patients with Ebola. But […]
Month: November 2014
Richard Lehman’s journal review—10 November 2014
NEJM 6 November 2014 Vol 371 1771 The first paper in the New England Journal this week describes a French trial of rituximab versus azathioprine for maintenance in ANCA associated […]
The BMJ Today: A US unprepared for Ebola, fat doctors, and stiff upper lips
“Misinformation and conflicting messages have led to panic about contagion among the public,” writes The BMJ’s US clinical research editor, José G Merino, in our latest editorial on Ebola, which […]
Paul Wicks: Patients at the heart of quality of life research
“It seems to me,” said Parkinson’s patient and activist Jon Stamford, “that ‘quality of life’ is when you tell me what’s missing in my life. That seems to me to […]
Colin Brown: In the field in Sierra Leone
Welcome to the first blog about my return to Sierra Leone. This week a few reflections on the organisation I am here with, the country, and the Ebola epidemic as it […]
Rupert Whitaker: A pill for risky sex—another step on the road to a pill for bad housing
PrEP—or chemoprophylaxis against HIV infection, as the less sexy phrase goes—is about using chemicals to prevent yourself from contracting HIV during sex or the sharing of injection equipment, the acronym […]
The BMJ Today: More GPs needed
“Why are medical schools attracting so few would-be GPs?” asks Richard Wakeford in a personal view, concluding that the Medical Schools Council is at least partly responsible: “Of 33 members […]
Anne Muendi Musuva: Why global health needs a health systems social movement
This blog reflects discussions I had with fellow young people who attended the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, which was held in Cape Town from 29 September to […]
Chris Ham: The NHS Five Year Forward View—the man matters more than the plan
Something very important happened on 23 October and it wasn’t the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View. Far more important was the passion and confidence with which Simon Stevens […]
The BMJ Today: Have we forgotten our stiff upper lip?
The “Keep Calm and Carry On” slogan is a familiar sight on everything from posters to mugs, but has this sentiment, the embodiment of the famed Dunkirk spirit, been forgotten […]