The UK must commit to full decarbonisation to realise the health benefits of acting on climate change […]
Month: April 2018
Richard Lehman’s journal review—30 April 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Veena Rao: India’s National Nutrition Mission—a missed opportunity
India needs to bridge the population’s dietary and information deficit if it wants to end malnutrition […]
Neville Goodman’s metaphor watch: A slip-up
It was inevitable, in the recent cluster of articles about assisted dying, that the slippery slope would be mentioned. I referred to it when discussing Pandora’s Box (q.v.), and quoted […]
Peter Brindley: Coming to terms with death and what we leave behind
I was in a car crash recently; fortunately only my pride and pocket book were injured. If I’m honest, my major response was mainly one of annoyance. I did not […]
Miriam Were: To end malaria, we need more than new medicines
If it doesn’t happen in the community, it doesn’t happen in the nation. If it happens in every community, it happens in the nation […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . How to create neologisms
Last week I discussed neologisms, including ones formed by adding to or corrupting existing words. The following list of other methods of neologising is not exhaustive. Acronyms An acronym is […]
Vytenis Andriukaitis: We need to step up EU cooperation against vaccine preventable diseases
Viruses are not confined within borders, and with myths and pseudoscience gaining pace, the value of acting together is indisputable […]
Leone Ridsdale: Closing the gap between neurologists and GPs
Rising deaths in neurological disorders may be associated with rising numbers of neurologists (making diagnoses). It fits with the belief that neurologists enjoy diagnosis, but not so much management. But […]
Richard Smith: How to improve NHS Improvement
Baroness Dido Harding (pictured), the chair of NHS Improvement, is the latest in a series of high achieving business people brought in to improve the NHS, and last week she […]