Inquisitive and geeky • Patrick Vallance, head of research and development at GlaxoSmithKline, is the subject of BMJ Confidential. Vallance says that his best career move was choosing to do […]
Month: March 2015
Richard Lehman’s journal review—9 March 2015
NEJM 5 Mar 2015 Vol 372 893 “A Precious Jewel—The Role of General Practice in the English NHS” is an essay by Martin Marshall from University College, London. It is […]
Gado Napo-Koura: Togo joins the Family Planning 2020 Movement
As a former medical intern, I witnessed the devastating impact that lack of access to modern family planning had on the lives of women and young girls. I recall admitting a […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Pah! Disgusting!
Emily Colas’s Just Checking is a riveting, often unsettling, account of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Reading it got my stream of consciousness ruminating about the link between disgust and stereotypy. Neasden […]
Ian Franklin: Doctors, manslaughter, and avoidable harm
The sudden surge in prosecutions of doctors in the criminal courts when patients die is alarming. There is a growing body of opinion that the charge of gross negligence manslaughter […]
“Anything you get for free is not of good quality:” perceptions of generic medicines
The number of people with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in India is increasing with each passing year. The World Health Organization estimates that NCDs could account for nearly 60% of total […]
The BMJ Today: Freezing to death, childhood asthma, and TB screening
Here’s your Friday roundup: Cold homes and winter deaths • GPs should identify people living in cold homes and visit them once a year to assess their heating needs, says the […]
Alvin Chan: Chances are, you’re not sensitive to gluten
In the medical community, there are certain conditions that fall under the fuzzy category of medically unexplained syndromes (MUS). These syndromes, like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and somatoform disorder, present with odd […]
Tessa Richards: Big data—jam tomorrow
Rest easy in your beds overworked doctors and ailing patients, for tomorrow, all will be well. Big data will revolutionise healthcare. Processes in creaky health systems will be streamlined, patients […]
Jocalyn Clark: Where cancer is a neglected disease
A great deal of attention is being paid to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as an emerging source of illness, death, and healthcare costs—recognising that low and middle income countries (LMICs) in […]