I began blogging about my experience as a person living with brain cancer after I had my first symptom—a grand mal seizure—after my 29th birthday in July 2008. Unlike a […]
Month: April 2017
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Translational research—a further model
In the past two weeks I have used the metaphor of crossing bridges in discussing translational research, and have derived a model of it from definitions in the Cooksey report, […]
Tessa Richards: Words that annoy, phrases that grate
What is acceptable or unacceptable medical terminology in today’s world, asks Tessa Richards. […]
Richard Smith: A call for action to treat the untreated million children a year with heart disease
The Indian state of Kerala is aiming to reduce infant mortality from 12 for every 1000 live births to 8 by 2020 and 6 by 2030, and in order to […]
Neville Goodman’s Metaphor Watch: Elephants, skeletons, and spectres
There are a lot of elephants in a lot of rooms these days. The popularity of an elephant in the room in general English has increased ten-fold since the early […]
Jane Fisher: Decriminalisation would have to work for all women seeking abortion care
The Abortion Act prompts doctors to discuss abortion with women who have fetal anomaly, writes Jane Fisher. […]
Daoxin Yin: Can high-tech shared bikes put China back on two wheels?
China used to be “a kingdom of bicycles,” but their popularity has waned in recent years. Daoxin Yin looks at what it would take to bring bikes back […]
Reena Aggarwal: What does the failure of AHCA mean for women’s healthcare?
Despite the AHCA failing, plans to defund Planned Parenthood in the US will damage women’s healthcare choices, says Reena Aggarwal […]
Richard Smith: Quality in the NHS in 2017
Britons invented the first antibiotic, the MRI scanner, in vitro fertilisation, and much more, and Britain punches way above its weight in science, said Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s medical […]
Jane Morris: Do school children need happiness lessons?
When I’ve discharged patients, they’ve told me how “if only they taught DBT skills at school, I would never have needed to come into hospital.” We’re very proud of our dialectical […]