• A new risk scoring system, as reported in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, has estimated that a higher percentage of people are at a greater risk of fatal cardiovascular […]
Month: March 2015
Samir Dawlatly: How general do we want general practice to be?
As a medical student I got a parking ticket and three points on my driving license. The mistake I had made was parking in the wrong place on an unmarked […]
Tiago Villanueva: Returning to medical school 10 years later
A few weeks ago, I returned to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon—the medical school from where I graduated ten years ago. The reason was to participate […]
Suzanne Cahill: What are the next steps on global action against dementia?
The first World Health Organization ministerial conference on global action against dementia which took place in Geneva was organized to encourage governments worldwide to take action to prevent dementia and improve […]
Clare Wenham and John Edmunds: How effective is this year’s flu vaccine?
This flu season, Influenza A (H3N2) has been the dominant circulating strain, with transmission occurring unusually early (November and December). By December 2014, influenza rates were higher than they had […]
The BMJ Today: Alcohol pledges, fake antibiotic fixes, and NFL payouts
• The UK government’s responsibility deal with the alcohol industry promises to remove a billion units of alcohol (about 2% of consumption) from the market, through reducing the strength of […]
William Cayley: About what are we being precise?
I’ve been too swamped with the day to day realities of teaching, patient care, and just plain real life lately to be very reflective, but Zackary Berger and Dave deBronkart finally […]
Chris Naylor: Integrated care—the end of the hospital as we know it?
Hospitals are often seen as an impediment to integrated care. The concern frequently voiced is that their dominant role in the health system makes it harder for commissioners to shift […]
Juliet Dobson: Understanding Ebola in Africa
What has the recent Ebola outbreak shown us about West Africa’s development? Did it reveal Africa’s weaknesses or its strengths? On 23 March, Hans Rosling, from the Karolinska Institute, and […]
The BMJ Today: History lessons
• In 1938 New Zealand created a national health system, coining the term “from cradle to grave,” and showing the British government what was possible. More recently, the country repealed […]