In the run up to Evidence Live 2016, we are running a series of blogs by the conference speakers discussing what they will be talking about at the conference. The […]
Month: June 2016
Neel Sharma: The dark side of medical education
As a trainee and keen medical educationalist I have witnessed the rapid rise of movement in medical education. At a time where there was minimal change it seems now that […]
Bernard Merkel: Brexit and health
In 1991 I was seconded from the Department of Health to the European Commission, and during my subsequent years there, the prevailing view in the UK, with a few limited […]
Alice Munro: The National Emissions Ceilings Directive—a critical week for the health of Europeans
Today EU leaders will attempt to come to an agreement on air pollution reduction targets that will determine the quality of our air for the next 15 years. The National […]
Madhukar Pai and Barry R Bloom: TB elimination—India can lead the way
As the Prime Minister of India speaks to the US Congress today, a neglected epidemic threatens India’s progress. It’s not Ebola or Zika, but rather tuberculosis—an ancient disease that silently […]
Desmond O’Neill: Ageing—simply complicated
Carinthia is a fascinating corner of Austria, formally included in the new Austrian Republic in a plebiscite in 1919 and imbued with the confluence of Austrian, Slovenian, and Italian cultures. […]
Dan Kremer: Time limits on published sanctions are needed but we must tailor them to doctors’ circumstances
We are pleased that the General Medical Council (GMC) has changed its policy on how long it publishes sanctions imposed on doctors, but do not believe it sufficiently considers individual […]
Pharmaceutical transparency in Canada: Tired of talk
Health Canada has been talking about improving the transparency of information around pharmaceutical drugs for years. And for years the drug regulator has failed to back up that talk with […]
Ashish K Jha and Liana Woskie: Funding, trust, and the 69th World Health Assembly
By traditional measures, the recent World Health Assembly (WHA) was a success. The assembly, which governs the World Health Organization (WHO), passed resolutions on important topics such as reducing traffic accidents; […]
Richard Smith: Depression—a description of the near indescribable
I’ve never been depressed. I’ve been down, sad, blue, but never depressed. But many family and friends, people I love, have been depressed. Some have tried to describe it to […]