Good news for quitters A research paper in The BMJ today “is the most comprehensive published review to date of the neuropsychiatric safety of varenicline.” It was necessary, say the […]
Month: March 2015
Richard Smith: Will health become more like education or education more like health in the UK?
Uwe Reinhardt, the world’s funniest health economist, says that eventually all health systems will be the same: whatever they want for the rich; an insurance based system for the majority; […]
Abi Rimmer and Navjoyt Ladher: Can books bridge the gap between art and medicine?
What links grief, the early suffragette movement, and evolution? All are themes in books shortlisted for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize, announced by writer Bill Bryson at Wellcome Collection’s shiny […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Pecksniffery
“While you’re here, Doc,” said Pat, “would you mind looking at Pat Junior?” It turned out to be a simple upper respiratory tract infection. I recommended something for symptomatic relief. […]
David Wrigley: Manchester—the birth and death of the NHS
On 5 July 1948, in Manchester, Labour Secretary of State for Health, Aneurin Bevan announced the birth of the NHS. On 27 February 2015, in Manchester, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, […]
Julia Pakpoor: Three artists with multiple sclerosis respond to “Good Out Of Bad”
I spent a recent evening at an art exhibition in the trendy Shoreditch area of East London, where three young artists were presenting their work. All three artists have the […]
Misadventures in the Northern Territory: Upside down Down Under
Retrieval registrar was never one of my professional aims throughout medical school. A natural pause in the UK training scheme motivated me into seeking an opportunity to break the NHS […]
The BMJ Today: Secrets, lying, and antiembolism stockings
Secrets and the threat to public health • In an editorial in The BMJ today, Martin McKee and Ronald Labonté write about the European Commission’s proposals to harmonise national legislation […]
Playing the percentage game: the arts of playing football and practising medicine
I’m proud to be working among a group of GPs in east London who, against all the odds, are delivering a remarkable level of clinical performance. Ninety two per cent […]
Karen Horridge: Disability matters
Our global community has made great strides with issues of race and gender, but has a way to go before disabled people of all ages are warmly welcomed, respected, and […]