Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Month: July 2017
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Once and for all . . .
… NHS England has recognised that it should not fund homoeopathic remedies. First, consider the highly versatile IndoEuropean root, SM, meaning one or as one. In Latin, semel meant once […]
Rachel Clarke: Cheap, undervalued, expendable—junior doctors in 2017?
NHS trusts are still treating junior doctors as if they are expendable at a time when low morale should be a priority […]
James Brophy on Unanticipated Outcomes: Why Jerome Kassirer’s story is still so relevant
Although Jerome Kassirer is a familiar name to many physicians of a certain age, there is perhaps now a generation of young health professionals who are not acquainted with this […]
Neville Goodman’s metaphor watch: From the US national pastime
Baseball provides many metaphors, but not many have made it to PubMed. A ballpark is a baseball ground. Figuratively, it is a noun meaning a particular area or range, or […]
Niamh Brooks: “To be a good doctor can be painful”—career advice from Henry Marsh
What does it take to be a good doctor today? […]
Richard Smith: What is science for?
Robert Boyle, Ireland’s most famous scientist, thought that the first aim of science was to develop practical applications to make life better. Earlier in his life he wrote in ecstatic […]
Kieran Walsh: Can you crunch the numbers better than a medical calculator?
Medical risk calculators should not be a step towards cookbook medicine, but help to tease out patients’ thoughts and worries and prejudices […]
New plan to tackle the global shortage of health workers fails to address economic constraints
The Five-Year Action Plan for Health Employment and Inclusive Economic Growth from the World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was recently adopted. It was developed […]
Nathaniel P Morris: US medical licensing applications ask too much about mental health
Asking about applicants’ mental health history risks driving physicians and trainees away from self care and deeper into distress […]