The ruling by three of the most senior judges in England and Wales that Theresa May must seek the approval of Parliament before triggering Article 50, signifying the United Kingdom’s […]
Month: November 2016
Richard Smith: The optimal peer review system?
Peer review is faith not evidence based, but most scientists believe in it as some people believe in the Loch Ness monster. Research into peer review has mostly failed to […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—7 November 2016
NEJM 3 Nov 2016 Vol 375 Tolerating uncertainty “At once it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement . . . when a man is capable […]
Paul Buchanan: Overwhelmed
Feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes that’s what being a patient is all about. Consultations, appointments, tests, results, advice, and therapy “choices”—what on earth am I meant to do? I’m not sure I […]
Why the RCPCH should stop taking funds from the Baby Food Industry
By Tony Waterston and Elizabeth Mason. A collective sigh of relief could be heard from many paediatric associations around the world, after the RCPCH made known its decision to accept […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Choleric
The third of Galen’s four fluid humours of the body, χολή, [yellow] bile, was associated, when in supposed excess, with a choleric temperament, “disposed to anger or easily angered; hot-tempered, […]
Mary-Ellen Lynall: Translating new advances in neuroscience into psychiatric care
The popular press and scientific journals are littered with exciting advances in basic and clinical neuroscience. But what does this mean for psychiatry, and for psychiatric training? Current trainees will one […]
Visa headaches and inequalities in attending global health conferences
Faraz Khalid, Sara Ardila-Gómez, and Kerry Scott Enthusiastic preparations are underway for the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, which is to be held in Vancouver on 14-18 November […]
Derek Mitchell: MyStoma—putting patients at the heart of service improvements
Some years ago I underwent major surgery for the removal of my inflamed colon. I had suffered from ulcerative colitis for too long and the time had come to make […]
Ahmed Rashid: Humanity as the bigger picture in medical education
Looking back at the kind of medical school environment that previous generations were exposed to, I often wonder what the clinical teaching must have looked like. Having graduated from medical […]