Victims were silenced, intimidated, repeatedly told it was medical treatment and even forced to go back for continued sexual assault . . . and so as Larry was abusing me […]
Month: March 2018
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Austin Bradford Hill’s viewpoints
In my last two blogs I have used Austin Bradford Hill’s lecture, “The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?”, which he gave in 1965 to the Royal Society of Medicine’s […]
John Appleby: A dedicated tax to fund the NHS—a zombie policy idea?
We don’t need a new tax to fund the NHS, but rather the political decision to spend more on the NHS […]
Unreported clinical trial of the week: analgesics after third molar extraction (NCT02133326)
Nicholas J DeVito and Ben Goldacre Background The US FDA Amendments Act (FDAAA 2007) requires certain clinical trials to report their results on ClinicalTrials.gov within one year of completion. Our […]
Introducing unreported clinical trial of the week
Every week this new series will uncover an unreported clinical trial […]
Clifford Mann: From a trainee’s perspective the “greener grass” of a consultant post looks like a very tired lawn
The current state of play of UK medical careers is a cause of great concern. The car-crash of events that surrounded the introduction of a new contract for junior doctors […]
Paul Wicks: #PatientsIncluded is harder than it looks, but worth it
You really find the cutting edge of research at a medical conference; reading a paper is greatly enhanced by having a chance to discuss it with the researchers who wrote […]
Matt Morgan and Jade Cole: Research matters
It has been a very long, unforgiving winter. Although the Welsh daffodils outside of the window are blooming, hospital beds around the country remain full to the brim with patients […]
Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan: Advice to medical school applicants—be average
Why we shouldn’t be afraid to admit to failure […]
Julian Sheather: Reviewing the Mental Health Act—we need to talk about autonomy
The Government is reviewing mental health legislation for England—the 1983 Act and its bolt-ons. From an ethics’ perspective, front and centre is the issue of autonomy: the decision-making rights of […]