Recently the research community, Global Health Trials, celebrated its fifth anniversary. In five years, Global Health Trials has evolved dramatically as the needs of its audience emerged, and today we reflect […]
Month: May 2015
Samir Dawlatly: A sideways look at the seven day working idea for GPs
Letter to the education secretary: Dear Nicky Morgan Congratulations on being appointed education secretary. Following on from your predecessor will either turn out to be really easy, as you can’t […]
The BMJ Today: Migrants’ health, screening guidelines, and benefits of social media
• Migrants are finding it increasingly difficult to access healthcare, the charity Doctors of the World has warned. The charity, which provides healthcare to vulnerable groups, found that around two […]
William Cayley: Less is more
Both seasoned clinicians and learners in today’s medical environment receive both explicit and unspoken messages that the best medicine involves advanced technology, the latest medications, and highly specialized care. Evidence […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 May 2015
NEJM 14 May 2015 Vol 372 1887 Something strange seems to be going on in the New England Journal of Medicine. This week it publishes two trials of gene therapy […]
Elizabeth Loder: US medical specialty boards: accountable to whom, for what, and how?
Elizabeth Loder examines charges of lax oversight and governance at organizations that assess doctors. The medical specialty boards that test and certify US doctors are facing a tough test of […]
The BMJ Today: run, boy, run
Exercise as good as stopping smoking A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has found that thirty minutes of physical activity six days a week in older […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . It’s all Gweek to me
The BMJ‘s readers, even those who have not studied Greek as a language, ancient or modern, will probably be familiar with most, if not all, of the letters in its […]
Aser García Rada: Migrant access to healthcare in Spain
After two and a half years, Mariano Rajoy´s conservative People´s Party (PP) government in Spain has partially amended their irrational decision to exclude undocumented migrants and other groups from public […]
The BMJ Today: TripAdvisor, smoking in pregnancy, and CONSORT
• TripAdvisor for fertility clinics? Would a user generated website that scores fertility clinics help people seeking treatment? The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) says it’s not a question […]