Evidence based medicine is widely accepted across the world and is used to make sure that decisions about patient care are informed by current best evidence. [1] Clinical practice guidelines, […]
Month: November 2018
Production of trustworthy real world data and evidence in China
One of China’s ambitions is to promote the health of the whole nation. One significant challenge is a dearth of locally applicable, trustworthy clinical research evidence. Producing such evidence has […]
Rob Hughes: Toxic air—the risk factor we’re forgetting to ask about (and failing to fix)?
With 93% of children globally breathing toxic air, Rob Hughes says it is hard to think of a more pressing challenge for us all—and especially doctors—to engage with […]
The window of opportunity to improve mental health is now open
The UK government has today announced that prevention will be an integral part of the NHS’s long term plan. The announcement brings a long-awaited focus on public health measures, which […]
Ann Robinson’s weekly research reviews—5 November 2018
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . The 1618 Pharmacopoeia Londinensis
This year we celebrate not only the 50th anniversary of the Medicines Act 1968, aspects of which I have been discussing during the last few weeks, but also the 400th […]
Mayer Hillman: Abandoning daylight saving time would be detrimental to public health throughout Europe
The EU’s plan to scrap daylight saving time will deny the public all the health benefits that come with changing the clocks, says Mayer Hillman […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Doctors are not d**kheads, but they are human beings
Mean spirited insults close off the necessary wisdom, communication, and relationships so necessary in complex healthcare […]
Anita Charlesworth: NHS funding rise may address our most visible challenges but neglecting wider health stores up problems for the future
The chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his annual budget on Monday. His unenviable task was to make good on the prime minister’s promise of an end to austerity, without raising taxes […]