NEJM 21 July 2016 Vol 375 MenB vaccination for students 220 We’ve been waiting for decades to get a vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. But now that it’s arrived, […]
Month: July 2016
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . A ban to abandon
Recently, Trish Groves reported in The BMJ that some conference organisers would like to ban the use of Twitter and other social media at conferences. The main concern seems to […]
Ilora Finlay et al: Doctors should be wary of assisted dying
This blog was commissioned following a debate on assisted dying at the BMA ARM. It is part of a collection of blogs on the topic. Jacky Davis argues that the BMA […]
Basil Porter: Deadly silence
I recently returned from a fiftieth anniversary reunion of our Witwatersrand Medical School graduating class in Johannesburg, South Africa. Many had spent their careers outside of South Africa, most in […]
Farewell to DECC: What does its closure mean for the UK’s commitment to tackling climate change?
In among all the recent political developments, it may have been easy to miss that the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) became the latest fatality of the Cabinet […]
Mara Evans blogs from a maternity ward in South Sudan
The day was hot and quiet. Ward rounds had finished and the local midwife and I were waiting on a woman’s seventh baby. The other midwife had just examined our […]
Chris Simms: The Iraq war, Chilcot, and cherry picking data: How to find a way forward?
The first week of July 2016 was a week to remember. A cluster of war related stories dominated the media, including the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme (1 […]
Clare Marx: Making the best of Brexit for the NHS
Change, challenges, setbacks, and advances are the hallmarks of modern medical careers. We can either let “Brexit” type moments consume us, whispering from the sidelines, or show the leadership necessary […]
Deborah Kirkham: Mind the technology gap—how can the NHS bridge it?
I find the exhibition halls at conferences fascinating. They provide an interface between private and public sector which many clinicians are not exposed to in their day to day work. […]
Richard Smith: What are the causes of health?
Ask doctors for the causes of heart failure or any disease, and answers will pour from them. Ask them about the causes of health or wellbeing, and they will go […]