Every week this new series will uncover an unreported clinical trial […]
Month: May 2018
Giles Maskell: Incidental anarchy
It is a truism in radiology that the more we image the more we will find. Some of it will help to advance the patient’s health, but much of it […]
Breaking good news: an essential skill for avoiding too much medicine?
“Unfortunately, your ultrasound scan is normal.” Watching a trainee’s video consultation I speculated about his next steps; my fears were realised. “So, we still do not know what is wrong […]
Adolfo Rubinstein: Building more effective health care coverage in Argentina
Argentina, an upper middle income country, has a developed healthcare system. Compared with other countries in Latin America, its healthcare system performs well. Health outcomes lag behind the country’s potential, […]
Sania Nishtar: Non-communicable diseases must be part of Universal Health Coverage
The move towards universal health coverage (UHC) has been spurred on by the risk of a pandemic and the premise of the sustainable development agenda. But, as countries move towards […]
Paying and investing in last-mile community health workers accelerates universal health coverage
Illness is universal, access to healthcare is not. The 71st World Health Assembly will be the first since the World Bank and World Health Organization released new findings showing that […]
Medical cannabis: it is time to provide legal access, the UK must not get left behind
As countries around the world take progressive steps towards providing legal access to medical cannabis, the UK must not let the opportunity for reform pass us by […]
David Jones: How Sheila Sherlock pioneered liver research and inspired a generation
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is highlighting seven research legends whose work has shaped the NHS, as part of its celebrations for the NHS’s 70th birthday and the […]
Irish abortion referendum: If you have seen one woman die of a botched illegal abortion, you have seen one too many
Mary E Black discusses how her own views on abortion have been shaped by her medical training and life […]
Missing the psychosocial diagnosis—a form of institutionalised malpractice
All too often clinicians overlook the potential psychological diagnosis in front of them, argue Bruce Arroll, Robert L Phillips Jr, and David R Kuhl […]