One of the professors at Edinburgh Medical School, where I was taught from 1970-76, was a world expert on sleep, but I remember hearing little about sleep at medical school. […]
Month: June 2018
Nick Hopkinson: 120 beats per minute—living and dying and making a difference
“What is a good life? For a start, a good life is one that goes on long enough. A short life may be good while it lasts, may be a […]
Prostatic artery embolisation: time to improve collaboration
Given the demographic shift towards a more elderly population, lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH-LUTS) will become more and more prevalent. Surgical treatment is often performed […]
George Davey Smith: How Jean Golding helped us understand the health of three generations
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 […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Doctor does not always know best
For centuries, old white men have argued about whether medicine is more of a science or an art. That is until, belatedly, some smart Alec—or some smart Alexa—realised that patient […]
Benjamin Mazer: Theranos’ dystopian vision lives on
When you go about testing everyone for everything, you don’t create a world of healthy people….you create a nightmare where everyone is sick […]
Luke Harper: Pre-referral imaging for an undescended testis can be a hindrance
Paediatric urologists see many boys with cryptorchidism–approximately 2-5% of boys have cryptorchidism at birth and 1-1.5% of three month olds present with it.[1] In my own practice I estimate that […]
Whither the WHO Code in the Scrap the Cap campaign?
In 2010 the UK adopted the World Health Organization’s Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel, an important international agreement on which the recently successful Scrap […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 June 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
David Shewring: End compliance mindset to assist recovery
The British Society for Surgery of the Hand was founded by specialists from multiple disciplines collaborating to help people with injured and hands visibly affected by the condition receive the […]