Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Month: June 2017
Robert Thomas: Lithuania has a vision for exercise and lifestyle medicine
The Lithuanian Cancer Patient Coalition recently organised a series of lectures in the two largest University Hospitals located at Vilnius and Kaunas. Enthusiastic patients and medical staff were eager to […]
Ahmed Kazmi: A GP’s experience of the Grenfell Tower fire
I am a GP working in the west London area. My clinic is less than 800 metres from Grenfell Tower and several of our patients were residents there. Wednesday was […]
Adithya Pradyumna: Human health depends on planetary health
Food is deeply engrained as a basic human need, and also a source of great pleasure. It is central to the very notion of what it means to be […]
Helgi Johannsson: I am a better doctor for allowing myself to stop, reflect, and grieve
A consultant anaesthetist reflects on what he has learnt from treating patients from Grenfell Tower […]
Joe Freer: Those who have the power distort our perception and treatment of disease
Turn the corner into cable street, and a sharp breeze from the river catches you; Sometimes the scent of the sea, a gust of wind from far off places; distant […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Culture
The IndoEuropean root KWEL, which implied turning in different ways, has turned into many different linguistic manifestations. Through the Greek κύκλος, a circle, we get cycle, cyclone, and encyclopaedia. A […]
Juliet Dobson: How gardens can improve health
We are lucky in BMA House to have a beautiful and well looked after garden. It is all the more of a luxury for being in the very centre of […]
Samir Dawlatly: When turning away my patients could be good for them, and for me
Mechanisms to reduce patient demand and workload for GPs have had limited success, as GPs are increasingly the “risk sink” that work gets dumped on. As well as contributing to burnout […]
Samiran Nundy: The challenges of practising surgery in India
The most obvious solution to the challenges Indian surgeons face is to provide universal healthcare coverage […]