On 25 May, Ireland will vote on whether to repeal the eighth amendment, which upholds the republic’s strict abortion laws. Mary Higgins explains why she’s hoping for change […]
Month: May 2018
Tom Marshall: The importance of asking the right research question
Atrial fibrillation accounts for a great proportion of strokes in older people, and as populations age its importance increases. Stroke prevention with anticoagulants has long been known to be highly […]
Tim Coleman: Stubbing out the public health problem of an era
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 […]
Unreported clinical trial of the week: Inhaled nitric oxide and neuroprotection in premature infants (NCT00515281)
Every week this new series will uncover an unreported clinical trial […]
It scares me how much of my son’s health depends on me
“We believe he has Williams syndrome” When I first heard those words from my cardiologist when my son was about two months old I was devastated. In that moment, I […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—8 May 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Richard Smith: Is neoliberalism the main problem for the NHS?
Is the NHS a victim of neoliberalism? […]
We need better screening tools and outcome measures to develop meaningful predictions of post-surgical pain
Patients undergoing elective surgery often attend a pre-assessment clinic where suitability for surgery is determined. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are increasingly used to assess the quality of care delivered […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Amerilexicophobia and spelling
In my last two blogs I discussed neologisms and how to create them, citing examples from the Times Literary Supplement. I have since come across another in the same journal […]
Katie Ghose: GPs should stop charging victims of domestic abuse for information
Recently, a survivor of domestic abuse contacted Women’s Aid in floods of tears. She desperately needed a letter of medical evidence to prove that she had been a victim of […]