Just like the grapheme /x/, which I discussed last time, the grapheme /q/ is among the symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) that do not represent the sounds of […]
Month: May 2015
Michel Kazatchkine: Tuberculosis and poverty in Europe
After recently returning from a ministerial conference on tuberculosis (TB) and multi-drug resistant TB held on the initiative of the Latvian Presidency of the European Union, I am encouraged that […]
Jyoti Shah: How can we address sexism in medicine?
A blog to expose some of the worst examples of sexism in Hollywood has become an enormous hit simply due to the incredible number of contributions; all remaining anonymous because […]
The BMJ Today: Warning the following content from The BMJ contains strong views
• Thebmj.com at 20—This week marks an important birthday for thebmj.com which has been online for 20 years. Continuing to embrace progress in multimedia, you can read the related editorial […]
Roshan Radhakrishnan: When “viral” is a good thing for a doctor
When I hit the publish button for my recent blogpost, nothing would have prepared me for what was coming. I would have gladly accepted the usual 400 views with a […]
Cathy A Alessi and Michael V Vitiello: Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
This blog is part of a series of blogs linked with BMJ Clinical Evidence, a database of systematic overviews of the best available evidence on the effectiveness of commonly used […]
Desmond O’Neill: The success and opportunities arising from population ageing
There is an extra uplift from spring conferences which mirrors the freshness of the season. My own traverse started in Vienna with a reflection on how the hegemony of the […]
The BMJ Today: More evidence on the harms of overdiagnosis
• More evidence on the harms of over diagnosis: Teppo Järvinen and colleagues argue that evidence for stratifying risk of fracture and subsequent drug therapy to prevent hip fracture is […]
Nicki Haywood: A carer’s perspective on how doctors can help patients with MND
When Mum was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND); it was to change my Mum’s life, it was to change our families’ lives. At the start we were thrown into […]
Neville Goodman’s metaphor watch: I’m in the army now
Many metaphors are helpful; many metaphors are irritating; a few are harmful. It’s not surprising that military metaphors abound in medical writing: disease is the enemy; drugs are the weapons […]