The anti-sugar crusader Robert Lustig blew through town this week to film a documentary with chef Jamie Oliver, but stopped off on the way to take part in a panel […]
Month: August 2015
Alex Langford: Tips for new doctors
It’s been six years since I qualified from medical school and over a week since my final shift as an SHO. Between those points, I learnt a thing or two […]
Arthy Santhakumar: Accelerating health equity through equitable access to health information
As we await consensus on the new sustainable development goals (SDGs), we are reminded of what united the international community in the years approaching the millennium—the need to reduce inequality […]
The BMJ Today: An NHS in dire financial straits, sex workers, and changing attitudes to vaccines
• NHS needs urgent cash injection Barely a day seems to go by without yet another story or report spelling fresh financial doom for the NHS. Today it’s the turn […]
The BMJ Today: Chillies and mortality, informed consent, and healthcare for Syrian refugees
• Is chilli good for your health? Jun Lv and colleagues report a large cohort study assessing the associations between the regular consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific […]
Daniel Cooper: On the frontline at the Kerry Town treatment unit
At a time when public and media interest is waning, the Ebola epidemic in west Africa shows no signs of ending. With Guinea and Sierra Leone still reporting new cases […]
David Phizackerley: Running with the bulletins—a view from Pamplona
Pamplona 2015—The General Assembly of the International Society of Drug Bulletins (ISDB) At the end of June, the city of Pamplona was getting ready to celebrate the fiestas in honour […]
The BMJ Today: Organ donation, sharps injuries, patient involvement, and declaring financial interests
• Organ donation—Currently in the UK, 33% of the population are registered donors, and at the end of March 2015 there were 6904 people on the waiting list for a suitable […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—3 August 2015
NEJM 30 July 2015 Vol 373 405 This week’s first paper has an interesting title: Therapeutic Hypothermia in Deceased Organ Donors and Kidney-Graft Function. It’s the first time I’ve seen […]
The BMJ Today: Patient centred outcomes research
• A research paper looks at the association between warfarin treatment and longitudinal outcomes after ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation in community practice, using a large registry of patients […]